The Influence of Differences in Solvents and Concentration on the Efficacy of Propofol at Induction of Anesthesia

Table 1

Patients’ demographic data and the results.

	Diprivan 1%	1% propofol Maruishi	2% propofol Maruishi
Age (yr)	60.4 ± 18.4	60.1 ± 17.7	55.1 ± 18.6
Sex (m/f)	11/14	14/11	10/15
Body height (cm)	157 ± 8.9	161 ± 8.9	161 ± 8.2
Body weight (kg)	58.6 ± 11.3	56.7 ± 8.8	60.5 ± 11.0
Hypnotic dose (mg)	91.4 ± 30.9	90.7 ± 26.7	118.4 ± 40.2
Hypnotic dose/body weight (mg kg^−1)	1.54 ± 0.34	1.59 ± 0.31	1.95 ± 0.55
The serum concentration of propofol (µg mL^−1)	3.73 ± 2.34	4.10 ± 3.04	4.7 ± 2.12

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. .