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Table 1 Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics among the studied cases

From: Dexamethasone blunts postspinal hypotension in geriatric patients undergoing orthopedic surgery: a double blind, placebo-controlled study

Variables

D Group

(n = 55)

C Group

(n = 55)

P-value

Age; years

75.8 (5.4)

75.6 (5.0)

^0.826

Sex; male/female

22/33

25/30

#0.563

Weight; kg

67.7 (3.8)

66.8 (3.2)

^0.217

Height; cm

167.3 (4.3)

166.4 (4.9)

^0.316

ASA; I, II, III; n

4/ 38/ 13

7/ 33/ 15

#0.519

Ischemic heart disease (IHD); n

33

39

#0.229

Diabetes Mellitus (DM); n

20

21

#0.844

Renal impairment; n

11

10

#0.808

Hypertension (HTN); n

42

45

#0.482

Anti hypertensive medications; n

42

45

#0.482

• Beta-Blockers

36

40

#0.409

• ACE

29

32

#0.565

• ARBs

7

8

#0.781

• CCB

6

5

#0.751

Valvular heart diseases; n

15

12

#0.506

• Aortic stenosis (mild)

5

4

§0.999

• Aortic stenosis (moderate)

4

3

§0.999

• Mitral regurgitation (moderate)

6

5

#0.751

Surgical procedure

• Total hip

13

15

§0.839

• Total Knee

14

12

• Hip hemi-arthroplasty

17

14

• DHS

11

14

  1. Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS)
  2. ^Independent t-test
  3. #Chi square test
  4. §Fisher’s Exact test