Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the two groups

	Group C (n = 50)	Group E (n = 50)	P-value
Gender (n, %)
Male	28(56)	26(52)
Female	22(44)	24(48)	0.668
Age (year, mean ± SD)	52.3 ± 9.2	53.1 ± 8.2	0.626
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)	25.3 ± 3.9	25.2 ± 4.0	0.910
ASA classification (n, %)
I	24(48)	22(44)
II	26(52)	28(56)	0.668
Time between intake and induction (min, mean ± SD)	147.3 ± 25.1	149.1 ± 24.2	0.716
Operative duration (min, mean ± SD)	65.6 ± 19.4	66.8 ± 19.0	0.747
blood loss (ml, M (P25, P75))	15(10,20)	15(10,15)	0.733

BMI Body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, SD Standard deviation, M Median, P Percentile

P-value indicates the statistical difference between the two groups