Table 1.

Univariate Analysis: Postoperative Sore Throat Risk Factors*

	Sore throat group (n = 126)				Nonsore throat group (n = 43)				P value
	DL	McGRATH	Pentax-AWS	FIO	DL	McGRATH	Pentax-AWS	FIO
Airway device	41	28	23	34	9	15	15	4	<.05†
Sex, m/f	20/21	17/11	12/11	23/11	6/3	7/8	10/5	1/3	1†
Age, y	38.8 ± 17.7	44.1 ± 18.4	37.7 ± 18.4	52.9 ± 18.9	66.2 ± 12.2	51.5 ± 21.5	44.1 ± 20.1	25.3 ± 7.4	.12‡
Height, cm	161.9 ± 9.0	166.6 ± 8.0	164.8 ± 8.5	163.6 ± 6.2	163.7 ± 9.7	159.0 ± 13.4	165.2 ± 6.6	161.2 ± 8.2	.39‡
Weight, kg	59.3 ± 14.0	60.0 ± 11.1	62.1 ± 13.2	59.1 ± 11.8	63.1 ± 13.4	54.5 ± 10.0	63.1 ± 8.6	56.0 ± 7.4	.82‡
ASA classification, 1/2/3	32/9/0	17/11/10	15/8/0	11/22/1	0/9/0	7/8/0	9/6/0	2/2/0	.06§
Intubation attempt, 1st, 2nd, 3rd	29/6/6	27/0/1	21/1/1	27/6/1	9/0/0	12/2/1	15/0/0	4/0/0	.04‡
Duration of intubation, min	209.7 ± 92.0	241.0 ± 125.8	201.9 ± 65.0	246.9 ± 143.9	243.1 ± 68.6	213.2 ± 105.	210.5 ± 95.3	211.0 ± 42.9	.69‡
Intubation time, s	95.8 ± 86.1	81.4 ± 64.8	82.3 ± 75.9	102.9 ± 54.2	59.6 ± 24.2	91.9 ±80.4	69.9 ± 33.7	134.0 ± 65.9	.35‡
Tube size, 6/6.5/7/7.5/8	1/12/12/16/0	0/4/9/15/0	0/4/8/11/0	0/6/8/20/0	0/0/4/5/0	0/5/4/5/1	0/4/1/10/0	0/2/1/1/0	.99‡
Fentanyl, μg	326.8 ± 141.9	391.1 ± 169.1	350.0 ± 87.2	333.8 ± 161.7	377.8 ± 122.7	293.3 ± 293.3	360.0 ± 102.0	375.0 ± 109.0	.82‡
Remifentanil, μg	2296.5 ± 2025.6	2806.6 ± 1932.7	2706.2 ± 1730.5	2402.8 ± 2096.3	1684.5 ± 1063.9	1730.6 ± 1474.8	2432.6 ± 1294.1	2208.1 ± 753.9	.07‡

^*Quantitative or qualitative data were shown in means ± SD or number of occurrences, respectively. ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; DL, direct laryngoscopy with Macintosh blade; FIO, fiberoptic scope.

^†Fisher exact test used to compare the groups for univariate analysis.

^‡Welch t test used to compare the groups for univariate analysis.

^§Wilcoxon rank sum test used to compare the groups for univariate analysis.