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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2003 Nov;99(5):1062–1065. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200311000-00010

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients and Potential Confounding Factors.

Women (n=15) Men (n=15) P
Height (cm) 163 ± 7 179 ± 9 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 30 ± 8 27 ± 5 0.32
Age (yr) 33 ± 9 27 ± 8 0.10
Time from Induction to Incision (min) 24 ± 7 23 ± 10 0.91
Core Temperature (°C) 36.3 ± 0.5 36.1 ± 0.4 0.31
Heart rate (bpm) 90 ± 19 97 ± 17 0.33
Systolic Pressure (mmHg) 112 ± 15 121 ± 13 0.10
Diastolic Pressure (mmHg) 69 ± 10 73 ± 12 0.25

Values below the line were obtained at the time of skin incision. BPM = beats per minute; BMI = body mass index. Data presented as means±SDs.