Radiation Dose Optimization in Interventional Cardiology: A Teaching Hospital Experience

Table 2

Patient characteristics of phase-specific populations.

Characteristics	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5	value
N	129	79	156	76	51
Male, no./total (%)	81/129 (63)	52/79 (66)	98/156 (63)	43/76 (57)	34/51 (67)	0.8
Age, mean (SD) (years)	64 (11)	64.1 (12.8)	65.2 (10.28)	65.9 (11.9)	63.4 (10.7)	0.6
Body mass index, mean (SD) (kg·m^−2)	29.5 (5.65)	29.3 (6.2)	30.3 (6.6)	29.6 (6.2)	29.0 (4.5)	0.6