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. 2025 Jan 13;4(2):101565. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101565

Table 5.

Effects of Randomization to DRA vs Conventional TRA on Sheath Insertion Time Across Tertiles of Anthropometric Measures

Unadjusted LS Means Difference (95% CI) P Value
for Interaction
Adjusted LS Means Difference (95% CI) P Value
for Interaction
Body weight
 1st tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 456) 0.250 min (0.112-0.389 min) 0.651 0.253 min (0.115-0.391 min) 0.781
 2nd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 418) 0.280 min (0.135-0.425 min) 0.286 min (0.141-0.431 min)
 3rd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 429) 0.186 min (0.042-0.329 min) 0.178 min (0.035-0.321 min)
Body height
 1st tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 443) 0.273 min (0.132-0.413 min) 0.087 0.277 min (0.136-0.417 min) 0.067
 2nd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 447) 0.327 min (0.186-0.467 min) 0.328 min (0.188-0.467 min)
 3rd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 411) 0.106 min (−0.039 to 0.252 min) 0.099 min (−0.047 to 0.244 min)
BMI
 1st tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 434) 0.223 min (0.081-0.365 min) 0.971 0.221 min (0.079-0.363 min) 0.963
 2nd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 454) 0.243 min (0.103-0.382 min) 0.246 min (0.107-0.384 min)
 3rd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 413) 0.246 min (0.099-0.393 min) 0.246 min (0.100-0.393 min)
BSA
 1st tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 436) 0.297 min (0.155-0.439 min) 0.515 0.296 min (0.155-0.438 min) 0.465
 2nd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 433) 0.238 min (0.095-0.380 min) 0.246 min (0.104-0.388 min)
 3rd tertile DRA vs conventional TRA (n = 432) 0.179 min (0.037-0.322 min) 0.171 min (0.028-0.313 min)

Values are Log(sheath insertion time + 1).

LS = least squares; other abbreviations as in Table 2.