Magnitude and Predisposing Factors of Difficult Airway during Induction of General Anaesthesia

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Variable	Frequency
Age
Under 16	42 19.8%}
17–50	153 72.2%}
Above 51	17 8%}
Sex
Male	99 46.7%}
Female	113 53.4%}
BMI
Underweight	22 10.4%}
Normal	141 66.5%}
Overweight	10 4.7%}
Obese	3
Type of surgery
Elective	80 37.7}
Emergency	132 62.3%}
Surgical specialty
ENT surgeries	15 7.1%}
Obstetrics-gynecology	58 27.4%}
General surgery	111 52.4%}
Other	28 13.2%}