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Table 1: Patients’ Demographics
| HME (n=49)Mean ±SD | Control (n=50)Mean ±SD | p-value | |
| Age(Years) | 40.04±8.94 | 40.28±9.63 | 0.900 |
| Weight (Kg) | 72.69±10.4 | 78.76±10.0 | 0.004* |
| Height (m) | 1.61±0.10 | 1.61±0.09 | 0.807 |
| BMI (Kg/m) | 28.49±5.80 | 30.61±5.7 | 0.070 |
| ASA (I/II/III) | 22/22/5 | 22/23/5 | |
| *statistically significant p <0.05 | |||
