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Table 1 Inclusion data of patients of the four groups

From: Preoperative oral melatonin can reduce preoperative anxiety and postoperative analgesia in a dose-dependent manner

Variables

Groups

p value

P

M1

M2

Z

Age (years)

46.6±9.3

45±9

47.4±6.6

46.4±5.5

0.621

Sex

 Males

22 (62.9%)

27 (77.1%)

25 (71.4%)

29 (82.9%)

0.269

 Females

13 (37.1%)

8 (22.9%)

10 (28.6%)

6 (17.1%)

Education level

 Post-graduate

5 (14.3%)

4 (11.4%)

3 (8.6%)

2 (40%)

0.749

 College

9 (25.7%)

10 (28.6%)

12 (34.3%)

11 (31.4%)

 High school

11 (31.4%)

8 (22.9%)

13 (37.1%)

8 (22.8%)

 Sec school

4 (11.4%)

5 (14.3%)

2 (5.7%)

7 (20%)

 Illiterate

6 (17.2%)

8 (22.9%)

5 (14.3%)

7 (20%)

Marital status

 Single

9 (25.7%)

11 (31.4%)

10 (28.6%)

7 (20%)

0.861

 Married

21 (60%)

22 (62.8%)

24 (68.5%)

28 (80%)

 Divorced

3 (8.6%)

1 (2.9%)

0

0

 Widow

2 (5.7%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (2.9%)

0

Body weight (kg)

83.7±8.1

86.9±6.1

87.5±8

85.3±7.2

0.136

Body height (cm)

167.6±3.9

168.7±3.1

168.8±3.5

168±3.3

0.389

Body mass index (Kg/m2)

29.8±2.6

30.5±2.4

31±2.9

30.2±2.1

0.208

ASA

 Grade I

32 (91.4%)

30 (85.7%)

33 (94.3%)

31 (88.6%)

0.662

 Grade II

3 (8.6%)

5 (14.3%)

2 (5.7%)

4 (11.4%)

Hernia side

 Right

14 (40%)

12 (34.3%)

10 (28.6%)

16 (45.7%)

0.485

 Left

21 (60%)

23 (65.7%)

25 (71.4%)

19 (54.3%)

Associated medical diseases

 CAD

2 (5.6%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (2.9%)

0

0.838

 DM

3 (8.6%)

3 (8.6%)

4 (11.4%)

3 (8.6%)

 Chest

1 (2.9%)

3 (8.6%)

1 (2.9%)

2 (5.6%)

 Liver

1 (2.9%)

2 (5.6%)

2 (5.7%)

1 (2.9%)

 No

28 (80%)

26 (74.3%)

27 (77.1%)

29 (82.9%)

  1. Data are presented as mean, standard deviation, numbers, and percentages. p <0.05 indicates significant difference; p>0.05 indicates non-significant difference
  2. Sec school Secondary school graduate, CAD Coronary artery disease, DM Diabetes mellitus; p, value indicates the significance of variance between groups according to one-way ANOVA test for parametric variables and Chi-square test with Yates correction for non-parametric numerical values