. 2020 Feb 27;15(2):e0228805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228805

Table 1. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics, length of stay in PACU, and temperature upon awakening from TIVA or BGA.

	Group	n	Mean	Standard deviation	Median	p
Age (years)	TIVA	60	43.78	13.24	44.0	0.941^a
Age (years)	BGA	61	43.95	11.43	42.0	0.941^a
BMI (kg·m^-2)	TIVA	60	27.89	4.10	27.5	0.695^a
BMI (kg·m^-2)	BGA	61	27.56	5.04	27.4	0.695^a
Surgical time (minutes)	TIVA	60	63.12	25.01	60.0	0.536^b
Surgical time (minutes)	BGA	61	63.74	19.46	60.0	0.536^b
Length of stay in PACU (minutes)	TIVA	60	78.33	36.85	65.0	0.818^b
Length of stay in PACU (minutes)	BGA	61	75.15	31.79	65.0	0.818^b
Temperature upon awakening (°C)	TIVA	60	36.04	0.50	36.0	0.236^b
Temperature upon awakening (°C)	BGA	61	35.87	0.52	36.0	0.236^b

^aStudent’s t-test

^bMann–Whitney test.

Abbreviations: BGA, balanced general anesthesia; BMI, body mass index; n, number of cases; PACU, postanesthesia care unit; TIVA, total intravenous anesthesia