Table 1. Baseline patients' characteristics from the included studies.

N/A= Not available 

First author, year	Simple size	Age	Female %	Baseline BMI	Baseline weight kg	Access | catheter
Obesity Clinical Trials
Weiss et al., 2019 [23]	15	44 ± 11	80%	45 ± 4.1	139 ± 20	Femoral artery 5 F SOS
Elens et al. 2019 [24]	11	38 ± 10	87%	28.9+ 2.5	79 ± 10	Femoral artery 5 F Cobra
Pirlet et al. 2019 [25]	7	48 ± 7	0	52 ± 8	160 ± 27	Radial artery 5 Fr 125 cm JR 5
Bai et al., 2018 [26]	5	42.8 ± 13.9	40%	38.12 ± 3.8	102 ± 16	Femoral artery 5 Fr
Syed et al., 2016 [27]	4	41.0 ± 9.2	70%	42.4 ± N/A	118 ± N/A	Femoral | Radial 4|5 Fr Simmons 1
Kipshidze et al., 2015 [28]	5	44.7 ± 7.4	20%	42.2 ± 6.8	128 ± 24	Femoral artery 6 Fr JR 4
Upper GI Bleeding Studies
Takahashi et al., 2019 [29]	16	57.6 ± 12.9	44%	30.0 ± 4.3	87.9 ± 12.5	N/A
Kim et al., 2018 [30]	21	56.3 ± 15.6	43%	29.9 ± N/A	93 ± N/A	Femoral artery 5 F SOS
Gunn, et al. 2014 [31]	19	64.6 (46–92)	37%	30.0	N/A	N/A