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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of volunteers

From: Motor-sparing peripatellar plexus block provides noninferior block duration and complete block area of the peripatellar region compared with femoral nerve block: a randomized, controlled, noninferiority study

Parameter

PP group (n = 25)

FN group (n = 25)

P value

Age (years)

48.96 ± 16.69

45.64 ± 13.21

0.439a

Sex, male/female

11/14 (44%/56%)

9/16 (36%/64%)

0.564b

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.76 ± 3.11

24.19 ± 3.43

0.097a

Height (cm)

165.24 ± 9.64

163.44 ± 7.74

0.470a

Crus length (cm)

36.88 ± 2.73

36.56 ± 2.47

0.666a

Thigh length (cm)

30.76 ± 3.24

29.90 ± 2.58

0.305a

Side, left/right

13/11 (52%/48%)

9/16 (36%/64%)

0.254b

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD for continuous outcomes; and as number (%) for categorical outcomes. PP, peripatellar plexus; FN, femoral nerve; a, Student’s t test; b, Pearson’s χ² test