Meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized evidence comparing general anesthesia vs regional anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Table 2 Demography and clinical characteristics of the patients

Ref.	Age		Male:female ratio		BMI		ASA I: II: III
	GA	RA	GA	RA	GA	RA	GA	RA
Majedi et al[15]	50.1 ± 9.78	52.06 ± 15.03	14:26	16:24	NR	NR	NR	NR
Sharaf et al[19]	44.07 ± 5.62	42.57 ± 5.77	0:60	0:60	25.41 ± 2.36	26 ± 2.31	14:46:0	22:38:0
Donmez et al[11]	45 ± 13	45 ± 14	18:07	18:6	28.75 ± 4.5	30.63 ± 3.6	18:7:0	16:6:2
Kalaivani et al[14]	47.84 ± 10.49	45 ± 11.73	08:17	10:15	NR	NR	NR	NR
Prasad et al[17]	38.5 ± 9.83	35.06 ± 7.5	25:5	17:13	23.5 ± 1.98	22.96 ± 2.98	23:7:0	22:8:0
Ellakany et al[12]	44.3 ± 13.2	45.9 ± 13.6	07:13	8:12	30 ± 3.9	29.8 ± 4.1	NR	NR
Tiwari et al[20]	46.1 ± 12.9	45.07 ±13.19	16:98	13:96	NR	NR	NR	NR
Bessa et al[5]	44 (19-50)	40 (16-50)	8:82	11:79	29.1 (23.4-33.1)	28.7 (22.8-34)	NR	NR
Ross et al[18]	39.4 ± 11.7	44.9 ± 12.5	3:7	2:8	25.1 ± 4.6	26.1 ± 5.5	1:6:3	3:5:2
Mehta et al[16]	38.3	39.1	10:20	14:16	NR	NR	NR	NR
Imbelloni et al[13]	45.2 ± 12.1	41.1 ± 12.4	10:23	9:26	NR	NR	NR	NR
Bessa et al[21]	40.9 ± 11	41.4 ± 11.1	6:24	5:25	30.8 ± 6.6	31.3 ± 4.1	NR	NR
Tzovaras et al[4]	46 (26-65)	44 (23-65)	18:30	20:29	26 (19-30)	25 (18-30)	37:11:0	40:9:0

GA: General anesthesia; RA: Regional anesthesia; NR: Not reported; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI: Body mass index.