Table 1.

Sufferers' baseline characteristics.

Parameter	DEX group (n = 54)	S group (n = 55)	P
Age, year	63.01 ± 3.04	64.59 ± 4.02	0.261
Sex (no., %)			0.102
Female	30 (55.56%)	32 (58.18%)
Male	24 (44.44%)	23 (48.82%)
BMI (kg/m2)	26.01 ± 2.05	26.00 ± 2.33	0.559
ASA I/II (no., %)	6 (11.11%)	8 (14.55%)	0.291
Weight, kg	65.02 ± 5.33	64.00 ± 4.27	0.311
Height, cm	167.01 ± 5.60	168.00 ± 4.96	0.201
Smoking history	10.02 ± 3.05	9.97 ± 4.19	0.708
Anesthesia timing, min	203.56 ± 34.90	209.56 ± 40.03	0.089
Artificial pneumothorax timing, min	81.02 ± 12.05	88.09 ± 13.40	0.402
Extubating timing, min	18.09 ± 5.04	18.01 ± 4.98	0.907

Data are described as mean ± SD or amount (percentage).