Table 1 Baseline demographic, anatomic and clinical data for the two patient groups of this study

Age (yrs), (mean ± SD, years)

73.3 ± 7.9

73.9 ± 9.7

0.832

BMI, (mean ± SD)

27.0 ± 3.5

27.9 ± 3.6

0.451

PV (mean ± SD, ml)

89.5 ± 27.4

111.4 ± 42.8

0.047*

PA diameter (mean ± SD, mm)

1.4 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.2

< 0.001*

Tortuosity Index (mean ± SD)

2.3 ± 0.8

1.9 ± 0.8

0.152

Stenosis index (mean ± SD)

1 ± 0.42

1 ± 0.94

1.000

LUTS, proportion of pts

25/34

9/12

0.921

IPSS (mean ± SD)

25.5 ± 5.6

28.8 ± 3.3

0.107

PVR (mean ± SD, ml)

158 ± 62

143 ± 87

0.580

IBC (% of pts)

26.5 (n = 9)

25 (n = 3)

0.921