Preprocedural Hypertension Is Not a Risk Factor for Postoperative Bleeding following Image-Guided Core Needle Breast Biopsy

Table 3

Bivariate analysis of factors affecting postbiopsy bleeding time.

	Prolonged bleeding (n = 32)	Normal hemostasis (n = 231)	value ^
Age (in years)	59 (11)	58 (14)	0.895
History of smoking (current or past)	2 (6%)	26 (12%)	0.356
History of hypertension	11 (34%)	87 (38%)	0.719
History of hematological disorders affecting hemostasis	1 (3%)	5 (2%)	0.733
Antithrombotic/antiplatelet medications	5 (16%)	10 (4%)	0.010 ^
Type of biopsy
Ultrasound-guided	22 (71%)	191 (84%)	0.070 ^
Stereotactic	11 (34%)	39 (17%)	0.019 ^
Tethered vacuum-assisted device	10 (31%)	38 (17%)	0.045 ^
Needle gauge ≥12	16 (59%)	139 (77%)	0.051
Preprocedural hypertension	11 (34%)	73 (32%)	0.765

Mean (standard deviation). Frequency (percentage). ^{^}Statistically significant value (<0.05).