Research Article
Distal Radial Artery Access in comparison to Forearm Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization: A Randomized Controlled Trial (DARFORA Trial)
Table 1
Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| | Characteristic | FRA group 105 | DRA group 104 | value |
| | Age mean (SD) | 58.7 (±10.2) | 56.1 (±10.7) | 0.069 | | BMI mean (SD) | 29.6 (±5.5) | 30.8 (±6.1) | 0.120 | | Gender, male n (%) | 78 (74.3%) | 77 (74.0%) | 0.976 | | Marital status, married n (%) | 101 (96.2%) | 99 (95.2%) | 0.722 | | Smoking, n (%) | 51 (48.6%) | 50 (48.1%) | 0.95 | | Diabetes, n (%) | 47 (44.8%) | 43 (41.3%) | 0.618 | | Hypertension, n (%) | 56(53.3%) | 55 (52.9%) | 0.719 | | Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 13 (12.4%) | 12 (11.5%) | 0.851 | | Cardiovascular diseases, n (%) | 35 (33.3%) | 30 (28.8%) | 0.484 | | Antiplatelets, n (%) | 72 (68%) | 69 (66%) | 0.655 | | Previous Cath, n (%) | 40 (38.1%) | 33 (31.7%) | 0.335 | | Previous Cath site n (%) | | None | 65 (61.9%) | 71 (68.9%) | 0.532 | | Radial | 18 (17.1%) | 11 (10.7%) | | | Femoral | 10 (9.5%) | 08 (7.8%) | | | Femoral and radial | 12 (11.4%) | 13 (12.6%) | | | Previous PCI, n (%) | 29 (27.6%) | 19 (18.3%) | 0.108 | | Indication for Cath. n (%) | | Stable angina | 14 (13.3%) | 23 (21.1%) | 0.098 | | Unstable angina | 70 (66.7%) | 69 (66.3%) | | | NSTEMI | 21 (20.0%) | 12 (11.5%) | |
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Chi-squared test; independent t-test; FRA, forearm radial access; DRA, distal radial access; n, frequency; SD, standard deviation; PCI, percutaneous intervention; ACS, acute coronary syndrome; NSTEMI, non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. |
