The Levels and Duration of Sensory and Motor Blockades of Spinal Anesthesia in Obese Patients That Underwent Urological Operations in the Lithotomy Position

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of obese and normal weight patients and operation duration.

	Obese patients; ()	Normal weight patients; ()
Age, years	62.4 ± 13.0	56.5 ± 16.3	0.290
Body weight, kg	92.9 ± 8.2	68.2 ± 5.6	<0.001^*
Height, cm	169.3 ± 8.8	174.9 ± 4.6	0.452
Body mass index, kg/m^2	32.4 ± 3.7	22.3 ± 1.7	<0.001^*
Operation duration, minutes	41.0 ± 21.4	50.9 ± 23.9	0.151

Extremely significant at the level of < 0.001.