Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study population in terms of age, gender, and weight

	Rotarex® (Straub Medical AG, Straubstrasse, Switzerland)	Lysis	Rotarex®+lysis	P-value
Age (years)	67.5±11.4	61.5±14.3	72.5±9.7	R vs R+L* R vs L ns L vs R+L***
Gender	M 63.1%	M 64.3%	M 71.4%	R vs R+L**
	F 36.9%	F 35.7%	F 29.4%	R vs L ns L vs R+L**
Weight (kg)	74.4±14.1	76.2±14	80.7±10.9	ns

Notes:

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01, and

^***P<0.001.

Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; R, Rotarex^®; L, lysis; ns, nonsignificant.