Clinical Study

Intubation Success through I-Gel® and Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway® Using Flexible Silicone Tubes: A Randomised Noninferiority Trial

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

VariableGroup G ()
Median (95% CI)
Group I ()
Median (95% CI)
value (sig < 0.05)

Age32.00 (28.52, 42.82)42.00 (35.68; 46.52)0.94
Weight60.00 (58.88; 64.86)58.00 (56.52; 63.98)0.75
Sex (M : F)13 : 4717 : 430.39
Duration of surgery75.00 (68.74; 115.26)77.50 (71.34; 95.16)0.86
ASA status (1 : 2)50 : 1043 : 170.12
MMP (1 : 2)35 : 2533 : 270.71
TMD (cm)6.55 (6.55; 6.68)6.50 (6.53; 6.66)0.57

ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status; MMP: Mallampati score; TMD: thyromental distance.