Patent hemostasis of radial artery: Comparison of two methods

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

Baseline characteristics	Control group (conventional hemostasis), n = 147	Oximetry – plethysmography group, n = 152	P value
Age (mean ± SD, yr)	61.5 ± 9.8	60.1 ± 11.6	0.2731
Male sex	109 (74.1)	115 (75.7)	0.7642
Body mass index (mean ± SD, kg/m2)			0.3432
Normal (18.5-24.9)	31 ± 21.1	35 ± 23
Overweight (25-29.9)	73 ± 49.7	63 ± 41.4
Obese (> 30)	43 ± 29.3	54 ± 35.5
Risk factors/Comorbidities, n (%)
Hypertension	89 (60.5)	92 (60.5)	0.9972
Diabetes mellitus	29 (19.7)	40 (26.3)	0.1762
Insulin	6 (20.7)	14 (35.0)	0.1963
Dyslipidemia	112 (76.2)	114 (75.0)	0.8112
Smoking	69 (46.9)	74 (48.7)	0.8502
History of coronary artery disease	46 (31.3)	52 (34.2)	0.5912
Supraventricular arrhythmia	39 (26.5)	20 (13.2)	0.0042
History of interventions, n (%)
Percutaneous coronary intervention	49 (33.3)	56 (36.8)	0.5252
Coronary artery bypass grafting	11 (7.5)	7 (4.6)	0.2963

¹Student’s t-test.

²Pearson’s χ².

³Fisher’s exact test.