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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Fracking compared to conventional balloon angioplasty alone for calcified common femoral artery lesions using intravascular ultrasound analysis: 12-month results

Variables

Total

n = 59

Fracking

n = 30

Balloon

n = 29

P-value

Age, y

77.0 ± 8.0

77.3 ± 8.4

76.7 ± 7.8

0.774

Men

38 (64)

23 (77)

15 (52)

0.046

Body mass index, kg/m2

22.0 ± 3.7

21.3 ± 2.9

22.8 ± 4.2

0.130

Current smoker

12 (20)

6 (20)

6 (21)

0.949

Hypertension

52 (88)

25 (83)

27 (93)

0.253

Dyslipidemia

43 (73)

21 (70)

22 (76)

0.620

Diabetes mellitus

39 (66)

17 (57)

22 (76)

0.124

Chronic kidney disease

40 (68)

20 (67)

20 (69)

0.853

Hemodialysis

18 (30)

10 (33)

8 (28)

0.639

Heart failure

11 (19)

5 (17)

6 (21)

0.698

Coronary artery disease

44 (75)

20 (67)

24 (83)

0.161

Cerebrovascular disease

6 (10)

4 (13)

2 (7)

0.422

Aspirin

54 (91)

26 (87)

28 (96)

0.179

P2Y12 Inhibitor

44 (75)

22 (73)

22 (76)

0.827

Cilostazol

17 (29)

9 (30)

8 (28)

0.841

Anti-coagulant

8 (14)

4 (13)

4 (14)

0.960

Statin

30 (51)

18 (60)

12 (41)

0.158

  1. Continuous variables are indicated as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables are expressed as the counts (percentage)