Table 1.
Historical characteristics | Male n=170 | Female n=112 | p value | White n=157 | Not White n=124 | p value |
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Age (years) | 16 (11–35) | 17 (13–36) | 0.34 | 17 (12–37) | 16 (11–34) | 0.59 |
Race | 0.21 | --- | --- | --- | ||
White | 100 (59%) | 57 (51%) | --- | --- | --- | |
Black | 5 (3%) | 6 (5%) | --- | --- | --- | |
Asian | 17 (10%) | 21 (19%) | --- | --- | --- | |
Latino | 28 (17%) | 13 (12%) | --- | --- | --- | |
Native-American | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | --- | --- | --- | |
Other | 17 (10%) | 14 (13%) | --- | --- | --- | |
Foreign-born* | 23 (15%) | 16 (16%) | 0.95 | 4 (3%) | 35 (31%) | <0.001 |
History of Syncope | 16 (9%) | 10 (9%) | 0.89 | 11 (7%) | 15 (12%) | 0.16 |
History of cardiac arrest | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.25 | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.20 |
History of atrial fibrillation | 12 (7%) | 3 (3%) | 0.11 | 12 (8%) | 3 (2%) | 0.048 |
Intra-procedural characteristics | ||||||
Dual node physiology | 30 (18%) | 15 (14%) | 0.34 | 29 (19%) | 16 (13%) | 0.18 |
AVNRT elicited during the case | 3 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 0.60 | 3 (2%) | 3 (2%) | 0.79 |
Any anterograde conducting accessory pathway | 102 (60%) | 75 (67%) | 0.24 | 99 (63%) | 78 (62%) | 0.79 |
Any dangerous accessory pathway † | 8 (5%) | 3 (3%) | 0.39 | 6 (4%) | 5 (4%) | 0.96 |
Birth outside of North America
A pathway was considered “dangerous” if anterograde conduction demonstrated an R-R interval during AF < 250 ms, the anterograde block cycle length was < 250 ms, or the anterograde refractory period (at any drive cycle length) was < 250 ms.