PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2016 April; 7(2): e0013. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2016 April 19. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10240.

Table 1.

Demographic Variables.

	SCL (n=37)	ICL (n=23)	AX (n=34)	P value
Age (years) ^*	63.62±14.77	63.00±21.55	60.71±16.42	0.45
Height (meter) ^†	1.65±0.09	1.66±0.09	1.68±0.09	0.22
Body weight (kg) ^*	81.51±19.99	73.65±15.46	85.12±21.49	0.063
BMI (kg/m²) ^*	30.22±7.63	23.47±4.35	29.96±6.06	0.081
Gender (M : F) ^‡	15 : 22	13 : 10		0.29
Gender (M : F) ^‡		13 : 10	20 : 14	1.00
Gender (M : F) ^‡	15 : 22		20 : 14	0.16
ASA physical status (I/II/III)	7/1/29	4/4/15	6/3/25
Time between end of block performance and start of the operation (min) ^*	91.62±52.07	75.52±60.58	78.32±47.91	0.23
Duration of the operation (min)	73.62±32.45	68.09±34.08	74.85±33.98	0.82

The values are mean±SD.

^*Abnormal distribution minimally in one group; Kruskal–Wallis test was used as a mathematical extension of Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon test.

^†Normal distribution, Levene’s test of homogeneity; one-way ANOVA test between groups was used.

^‡Fisher exact test. Two-tailed P value calculation, computed only for 2×2 table. Comparison of proportion between two groups.

AX, US-guided brachial plexus block performed by axillary approach; ICL group, US-guided brachial plexus block performed by infraclavicular approach; SCL group, US-guided brachial plexus block performed by supraclavicular approach.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2016 April; 7(2): e0013. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2016 April 19. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10240