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Table 1 Summarises the demographic characteristics of the participants

From: Adding a transversus abdominis plane block to parenteral opioid for postoperative analgesia following trans-abdominal hysterectomy in a low resource setting: a prospective, randomised, double blind, controlled study

Period

TAP (n = 16)

SHAM (n = 16)

p value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

40.7 ± 6.8

46.5 ± 6.9

0.023

Weight (kg, mean ± SD)

67.3 ± 12.8

67.5 ± 11.3

0.968

Height (meters, mean ± SD)

1.7 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.1

0.751

Body mass Index (mean ± SD)

24.3 ± 3.8

24.3 ± 3.9

0.952

ASA physical status grading

 I [n (%)]

8 (50.0)

4 (25.0)

0.273

 II [n (%)]

7 (43.8)

9 (56.3)

0.724

 III [n (%)]

1 (6.3)

3 (18.8)

0.600

Type of incision

 Transverse [n (%)]

13 (81.3)

14 (87.5)

0.626

 Longitudinal [n (%)]

3 (18.8)

2 (12.5)

0.626