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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: The relationship between the orientation of the lateral decubitus position for spinal anesthesia and positioning pain in patients with a femoral neck fracture: randomized non-inferiority trial

Variables

Fracture side down (n = 35)

Fracture side up

(n = 31)

Age (years)

85 (8)

80 (11)

Weight (kg)

48 (11)

51 (9)

Height (cm)

151 (8)

155 (9)

BMI (kg/m2)

21.0 (3.9)

20.9 (2.7)

ASA-PS

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

Cognitive dysfunction (0, none; 1, mild; 2, moderate; 3, severe)

2 (1–2)

1 (0–1)

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) or median (IQR)
  2. ASA-PS American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status, BMI Body mass index, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range