Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients Undergoing PCI Via the Transfemoral or Transradial Approach

Variable	Total (n=17 509)	Femoral (n=14 387)	Radial (n=3122)	P Value
Age (standard deviation), y	65.9 (12.2)	66.3 (12.2)	64.2 (11.8)	<0.001
Male, %	71.5	70.7	75.3	<0.001
Black, %	3.6	3.5	4.3	0.038
Prior myocardial infarction, %	32.9	33.5	30.2	<0.001
Prior heart failure, %	12.0	13.2	8.2	<0.001
Diabetes, %	32.7	33.9	32.1	0.057
Chronic lung disease, %	13.6	13.7	13.4	0.62
Prior PCI, %	35.8	37.5	32.9	<0.001
Prior CABG, %	17.4	19.7	9.5	<0.001
Hypertension, %	82.0	82.2	81.3	0.212
Peripheral artery disease, %	13.7	14.2	11.8	0.001
Dialysis, %	1.8	2.1	0.7	<0.001
Cardiogenic shock, %	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.009
Emergent procedure, %	15.1	15.4	13.9	0.042
Troponin positive, %	32.8	31.9	36.9	<0.001
STEMI, %	12.4	12.4	12.5	0.922

PCI indicates percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting surgery; STEMI, ST‐segment myocardial infarction.