Table 5.

Incidence and duration of ED and its relationship with sample characteristics

	Emerging delirium
	No	Yes
Anesthesia duration (mean±SD)	63.1±42.8	54.2±47.8
	t=0.963, P=0.336; g=0.14
Recovery duration (mean±SD)	53.1±23.9	69.5±27.1
	t = -2.717, P=0.007*; g=0.50
Preop activeness (mean±SD)	29.7±13.1	32.1±17.9
	t = -0.803, P=0.422; g=0.15
Preop vocalization (mean±SD)	26.0±19.1	34.4±28.9
	t = -1.887, P=0.060; g=0.38
Preop expression of emptions (mean±SD)	36.4±20.5	39.3±28.0
	t = -0.617, P=0.537; g=0.14
Preop apparent arousal (mean±SD)	32.7±19.1	43.4±28.7
	t = -2.319, P=0.021*; g=0.33

ED: Emergence delirium; SD: Standard deviation, t: Student’s t-test; g: Hedges’ g. *Statistically significant at <0.05