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Table 2 Subjects’ demographic data

From: Role of tube size and intranasal compression of the nasotracheal tube in respiratory pressure loss during nasotracheal intubation: a laboratory study

 

All subjects (N = 21)

Male (N = 11, 7.5-mm ID)

Female (N = 10, 7.0-mm ID)

p-value

Age (yr)

60.5 (18–82)

62.5 (38–82)

59.5 (18–70)

0.4955

Height (cm)

161.0 (141.7–177.9)

168.2 (155.0–177.9)

150.0 (141.7–166.5)

0.0007

Weight (kg)

56.4(43.9–80.4)

65.7 (43.9–80.4)

52.2 (47.8–60.4)

0.0036

BMI

23.5 (18.3–26.0)

23.1 (18.3–25.4)

23.7 (19.3–26.0)

0.5787

Length of nasal concha (mm)

45.0 (31.8–54.5)

45.9 (31.8–54.5)

44.7 (37.0–54.2)

0.9682

  1. Median (range), p-value: 7.5-mm ID vs 7.0-mm ID tubes (Mann Whitney test), BMI: Body Mass Index