Effect of different doses of esketamine compared with fentanyl combined with propofol on hypotension in patients undergoing painless abortion surgery: a prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

	Group F	Group EL	Group EM	Group EH	F/χ²	P-value ^a,b
Sample size, n	45	45	44	44
Mean age (±SD) in (years)	29.8 ± 5.4	30.0 ± 5.7	30.3 ± 6.6	30.0 ± 6.0	0.044	0.988
Mean weight (±SD) in (kg)	52.9 ± 6.5	54.1 ± 8.2	54.2 ± 6.7	53.8 ± 5.8	0.329	0.805
Mean BMI (±SD) in (kg/m²)	21.2 ± 2.3	21.6 ± 2.8	21.3 ± 2.1	21.2 ± 2.4	0.330	0.804
ASA, n (%)
I	33 (73.3%)	33 (73.3%)	34 (77.3%)	32 (72.7%)	0.302	0.960
II	12 (26.7%)	12 (26.7%)	10 (22.7%)	12 (27.3%)
First-time pregnancy abortion, n (%)	20 (44.4%)	19 (42.2%)	19 (43.2%)	17 (38.6%)	0.339	0.952

Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, N number, Group F Fentanyl group, Group EL Esketamine 0.2 mg/kg group, Group EM Esketamine 0.25 mg/kg group, Group EH Esketamine 0.3 mg/kg group, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, BMI body mass index
^aP-value for group F compared with group EL, group EM and group EH
^bF test and Chi-square test was used for data analysis

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