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. 2000 Jan 24;4(1):40–44. doi: 10.1186/cc648

Table 2.

Values of the head extension and laryngoscope blade levering motion angles during conventional and balloon laryngoscopy

Conventional Macintosh blade Modified Macintosh blade P
Angle of head extension 8.29 ± 1.57 4.91 ± 1.42 < 0.001
Angle of laryngoscope blade levering motion 10.76 ± 1.75 5.53 ± 2.13 < 0.001

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation in degrees. P values were obtained by using the paired t-test.