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. 2015 Sep;12(5):489–496. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.05.004

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the 126 patients who underwent rotational atherectomy via radial or femoral access.

Vascular access TR (n = 59) TF (n = 67) P-value
Age, yr 69.3 ± 1.3 72.9 ± 1.6 0.082
Males 42 (71%) 34 (51%) 0.031
Body mass index, kg/m2 25.6 ± 6.5 25.1 ± 4.8 0.593
Smoking 6 (10%) 8 (12%) 0.975
Hypertension 43 (73%) 56 (84%) 0.214
Diabetes 30 (50%) 38 (57%) 0.631
Hyperlipidemia 35 (59%) 41 (61%) 0.975
Previous cerebral vascular accident 4 (7%) 9 (13%) 0.352
Chronic kidney disease(Stage 4 and 5) 14 (24%) 19 (29%) 0.699
Previous myocardial infarction 6 (10%) 11 (16%) 0.445

Data are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%). TF: transfemoral; TR: transradial.