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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 Dec;74(6):1238–1247. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.09.006

Table 3. Patient demographics, procedural and pharmacologic data based on body mass index.

Variable BMI
Patient characteristics < 30 (n=730) 30-35 (n=159) > 35 (n=127) p value
Age, yrs, median (IQR) 59 [47, 70] 58 [45, 67] 56 [43, 65] 0.063
Male sex, % 46.83 52.20 36.22 0.024
ASA class ≥ 3, % 61.26 62.18 68.25 0.328
Mallampati score 4, % 0.44 0.65 1.67 0.289
Procedural data
Endoscopy time (min), median (IQR) 25 [15, 40] 23 [15, 37] 26 [15, 39] 0.752
Position, prone, % 49.48 44.68 40.71 0.166
No response to endoscopic intubation, % 90.73 84.18 85.04 0.018
Aldrete score in recovery, median (IQR) 9 [8, 9] 9 [8, 10] 9 [8, 10] 0.004
Pharmacologic data
Combination propofol for induction, % 53.56 66.67 55.91 0.011
Induction propofol dose (mg/kg), median (IQR) 1.81 [1.15, 3.15] 1.35 [0.91, 2.22] 1.28 [0.87, 2.19] <.001
Total propofol dose (mg/kg/min), median (IQR) 0.21 [0.14, 0.31] 0.16 [0.11, 0.21] 0.17 [0.11, 0.23] <.001
Propofol infusion time (min), median (IQR) 30 [20, 44] 30 [20, 39] 31 [20, 46] 0.595