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Table 1 Demographic data: Sex, ASA classification, age, and weight before and after educational/training intervention

From: Quality-improvement project to reduce actual fasting times for fluids and solids before induction of anaesthesia

 

Pre-intervention (n = 502)

Post-intervention (n = 500)

P

Sex (M/F)

237 / 265

259 / 241

0.138

Age (y)

64 ± 16 (18–95)

60 ± 17 (18–95)

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

80 ± 19 (40–170)

82 ± 19 (45–150)

0.018

ASA I

60

69

1.00

ASA II

267

276

1.00

ASA III

170

147

1.00

ASA IV

5

8

1.00

  1. Age and weight are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and range, p < 0.05