15 December 2020 : Clinical Research
Computed Tomography (CT)-Navigated Translumbar Hemodialysis Catheters: A 10-Year Single-Center Experience
Tomas Jonszta12ABDEF*, Daniel Czerny12B, Vaclav Prochazka12ABD, Adela Vrtkova3CE, Vendelin Chovanec45ADE, Antonin Krajina45ADEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.927723
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927723
Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and comorbidities.
| MED (IQR)* or n (%) | P# | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Translumbar catheters | Jugular vein catheters | ||
| n=37** | n=196** | ||
| Age (years) | 64.0 (58.0–70.0) | 68.5 (57.0–75.2) | 0.408 |
| Body mass index | 26.4 (23.3–29.7) | 27.4 (24.1–32.7) | 0.185 |
| Sex (Female) | 20 (54.1) | 83 (42.3) | 0.257 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 19 (51.4) | 89 (46.1) | 0.686 |
| Hypertension | 30 (81.1) | 159 (82.0) | >0.999 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 21 (56.8) | 110 (56.7) | >0.999 |
| Lower extremities ischemia | 12 (32.4) | 41 (22.7) | 0.292 |
| Death | 23 (62.2) | 53 (27.2) | <0.001 |
| * The median with the interquartile range (IQR); ** the number is related to the number of patients; # value of the Mann-Whitney test or test for the homogeneity of binomial proportions. | |||