Table 1.

Comparison of baseline characteristics of patient groups according to radial vs. femoral access sites

	Diagnostic CA (Group I)	P value	PCI of stable angina (Group II)	P value	PCI of ACS (Group III)	P value
Age
Femoral	61 (22-89)	<0.001	62 (34-88)	0.017	62 (29-100)	<0.001
Radial	58 (18-100)		60 (31-86)		59 (30-100)
Male Gender
Femoral	56.2%	0.011	69.5%	0.003	76.7%	0.095
Radial	61.7%		79.3%		80.7%
BMI
Femoral	27.2 (18.0-37.1)	0.064	27.2 (19.2-38.7)	0.941	27.3 (21.6-41.3)	0.872
Radial	27.2 (17.6-42.3)		27.3 (20.9-40.1)		27.2 (24.1-37.8)

ACS - acute coronary syndrome, BMI - body mass index, CA - coronary angiography, PCI - percutaneous coronary intervention