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Table 1 Subjects’ demographic information

From: Abdominal circumference but not the degree of lumbar flexion affects the accuracy of lumbar interspace identification by Tuffier’s line palpation method: an observational study

 

Male(n = 17)

Female(n = 35)

Pvalue

Age (yrs)

46.9 (16.8)

48 (14.5)

0.516

Height (cm)

168.9 (7.2)

161.1 (5.8)

0.272

Weight (kg)

66.7 (13.1)

60.9 (9.9)

0.366

Abdominal Circumference (cm)

85.7 (11.6)

87.3 (11.8)

0.606

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 (4.3)

23.4 (3.7)

0.621

ΔCobb Angle* (degrees)

15.9 (7.6)

11.8 (10.2)

0.152

  1. Values are mean (SD).
  2. *ΔCobb Angle represent the difference of Cobb angle between supine position and hyperflextion position.
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BMC Anesthesiology

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