Effect of Spinal Anesthesia versus General Anesthesia on Blood Glucose Concentration in Patients Undergoing Elective Cesarean Section Surgery: A Prospective Comparative Study

Table 4

Descriptive statistics for the mean blood glucose concentrations for spinal anesthesia and general anesthesia at different measurement times.

	Type of anesthesia	Mean	Std. deviation	N
5 min before induction	General anesthesia	74.3	14.7	23
	Spinal anesthesia	78.3	18.2	35
	Total	76.7	16.9	58
5 min after induction	General anesthesia	84.9	23.7	23
	Spinal anesthesia	79.2	18.3	35
	Total	81.4	20.6	58
5 min before the end of surgery	General anesthesia	108.4	16.7	23
	Spinal anesthesia	80.2	18.1	35
	Total	91.4	22.3	58
30 min after the end of surgery	General anesthesia	121.1	17.4	23
	Spinal anesthesia	80.9	17.7	35
	Total	96.8	26.4	58