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Table 1 Patients’ background characteristics

From: Efficacy of prophylactic selective arterial embolization for renal angiomyolipomas: identifying predictors of 50% volume reduction

Variable

Volume reduction ≥50%

n = 30

Volume reduction < 50%

n = 14

P-value

Sex, n (%)

 Male

9 (30)

3 (21.4)

 

 Female

21 (70)

11 (78.6)

0.55

Age (mean y ± SD)

36.2 (±15.7)

30.5 (±12.9)

0.23

Location, n (%)

 Unilateral

16 (53.3)

3 (21.4)

 

 Bilateral

14 (46.7)

11 (78.6)

0.047

Masses, n (%)

 Single

14 (46.7)

3 (21.4)

 

 Multiple

16 (53.3)

11 (78.6)

0.11

Etiology, n (%)

 Sporadic

13 (43.3)

2 (14.3)

 

aTSC-related

17 (56.7)

12 (85.7)

0.058

Symptoms, n (%)

 Symptomatic

4 (13.3)

2 (14.3)

 

 Asymptomatic

26 (86.7)

12 (85.7)

0.93

  1. aTSC tuberous sclerosis