Efficiency and patient experience with propofol vs conventional sedation: A prospective study

Table 1 Participants’ demographics for endoscopist-administered sedation and anaesthesiologist-administered sedation with propofol groups n (%)

	EAC (n = 104)	AAP (n = 126)	P-value
Male sex - frequency	60 (57.7)	46 (36.5)	0.001
Age	59.8 (11.6)	57.1 (13.3)	0.101
Weight	183.3 (49.1)	174.6 (46.5)	0.169
Height	67.6 (4.2)	66.3 (4.0)	0.016
BMI	28.0 (6.5)	27.7 (6.2)	0.750
Indication - symptomatic	33 (31.7)	55 (43.7)	0.064
Intervention			0.936
None	31 (29.8)	37 (29.4)
Diagnostic	25 (24.0)	34 (27.0)
Therapeutic	36 (34.6)	43 (34.1)
Diagnostic and therapeutic	12 (11.5)	12 (9.5)
ASA class			0.089
1	42 (40.4)	52 (41.3)
2	54 (51.9)	53 (42.1)
3	8 (7.7)	21 (16.7)

EAC: Endoscopist-administered conscious sedation; AAP: Anaesthesiologist-administered sedation with propofol; BMI: Body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists.