Table 1. Basic patients' demographic and clinical characteristics .
| Character | Standard method No. (97) |
New method No. (97) |
P-value |
| Age (y); Mean ± SD | 34.3±14.8 | 34.80±12.8 | 0.820 |
| Males, No. (%) | 64 (66.0%) | 57 (58.8%) | 0.300 |
| BMI (Kg/m2); Mean ± SD | 22.1±1.7 | 22.3±1.5 | 0.314 |
| Interincisor gap, Mean ± SD | 5.5±0.5 | 5.45±0.5 | 0.791 |
| Mallampati class, No. (%) Class I Class II Class III |
89 (91.8) 7 (7.2) 1 (1.0) |
86 (88.7) 9 (9.3) 2 (2.1) |
0.730 |