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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in the selected hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (n = 141)

From: Predictive values of the modified Mallampati test, upper lip bite test, thyromental distance and ratio of height to thyromental distance to predict difficult laryngoscopy in pediatric elective surgical patients 5–12 years old at selected Addis Ababa governmental hospitals, Ethiopia: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Variables

Category

 

Sex, n (%)

Male

Female

TOTAL

75 (53.2)

66 (46.8)

141 (100)

Age in years (Mean ± SD)

7.8 ± 2.03

7.65 ± 2.13

7.73 ± 2.1

Weight in kilogram (Mean ± SD)

26 ± 7.6

25.9 ± 7.2

26.00 ± 7.38

Height in centimeter (Mean ± SD)

117.5 ± 13.8

118.8 ± 14.08

118.1 ± 13.9

ASA physical status

Category

 

(%)

I

99

70.2%

II

42

29.8

  1. n (%) number (percentage), SD Standard deviation, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists’