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. 2022 Jan 25;14(1):e21584. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21584

Table 2. Summary of associations with apneic time, N=38.

Feature Correlation P-value
Age in years  0.14 0.14
Charlson index  0.11 0.51
Body mass index -0.24 0.15
Preoxygenation time using Optiflow -0.03 0.86
Starting end-tidal CO2 (N=26)  0.43   0.029
Ending end-tidal CO2  0.18 0.28
Minimum oxygen saturation  0.39   0.018
Maximum systolic blood pressure  0.20 0.23
Minimum systolic blood pressure  0.09 0.58
Sex Mean (SD, range)
Female 24.1 (6.3; 13-40)
Male 23.5 (6.0; 16-35)
Mallampati grade (N=37)  
1 22.7 (5.6; 14-33)
2 23.1 (5.4; 13-33)
3 or 4 26.3 (7.8; 16-40)