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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients at enrollment

From: Influence of maxillofacial skeletal morphology on difficult laryngoscopy

 

Total

Sassouni 5

Non-Sassouni 5

p-value

N = 187

n = 44

n = 143

Males, n (%)

54 (28.9%)

12 (27.2%)

42 (29.4%)

0.689 *

Mean age ± SD

27.7 ± 8.14

29.6 ± 7.41

27.3 ± 8.24

0.156

Mean BMI (kg m− 2)

20.7 ± 2.15

20.5 ± 2.38

20.8 ± 2.11

0.493

Jaw mobility

    

able

187

44

143

 

unable

0

0

0

 

Spine mobility

    

>90°

187

44

143

 

≤90°

0

0

0

 
  1. N, total number of patients; n, number of patients in the groups; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index. Jaw mobility: an incisor distance of 3 fingerbreadths. Data were tested by T-test and *chi square test.
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BMC Anesthesiology

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