Table 2.

Catheter characteristics by catheter type.

Variable	Femoral venous catheter (FVC) (n = 64)	Umbilical venous catheter (UVC) (n = 407)	Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) (n = 185)	p-Value	FVC vs UVC	FVC vs PICC	UVC vs PICC
Total amount of catheter-days	405	2,166	1,324
Amount of catheter-days	6 (1–19)	5 (1–22)	6 (1–31)	0.001	0.051	0.696	0.001
Age at catheter insertion	4.5 (1–50)	1 (1–13)	5 (1–39)	<0.001	<0.001	0.407	<0.001
Age at catheter removal	10 (3–55)	6 (1–22)	12 (2–45)	<0.001	<0.001	0.355	<0.001
Antibiotic treatment within 24 h postpartum, % (n)	54.7 (35)	59.7 (243)	45.9 (85)	0.008	0.448	0.228	0.002
Parenteral nutrition during catheter dwell time, % (n)	50.0 (32)	38.3 (156)	55.1 (102)	<0.001	0.076	0.478	<0.001

Data are represented as median (range) unless otherwise specified. For continuous variables, Kruskal–Wallis test was used. Post hoc analysis was performed using Mann–Whitney U test. For categorical variables, initial and post hoc analysis was performed using the Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test. Upon initial testing, p-values below 0.05 were considered significant. Post hoc testing was significant if p-values were below 0.017. Significant p-values are depicted in bold.