Table 2 The correlation between clinical factors and FAO after pediatric cardiac catheterization.

From: Emerging predictors of femoral artery occlusion after pediatric cardiac catheterization

Characteristics

FAO (n = 19)a

No FAO (n = 2065)a

p value

Sex

  

0.825

Male

8 (42.1%)

818 (39.6%)

 

Female

11 (57.9%)

1,247 (60.4%)

 

Age (years)

2.3 (1.3–3.2)

3.7 (1.9–6.3)

0.009

Height (cm)

90 (80–103)

101 (85–118)

0.044

Weight (kg)

12.2 (10.0–16.1)

15.3 (11.2–21.0)

0.055

Sheath size (French)

5 (5–7)

5 (5–5)

0.237

Operation time (min)

80 (60–145)

60 (45–60)

0.001

Therapeutic strategy

  

0.009

EP

8 (42.1%)

282 (13.7%)

 

IT

4 (21.1%)

802 (38.8%)

 

CA

7 (36.8%)

981 (47.5)

 

Sheath/age

0.63 (0.38–0.8)

0.31 (0.19–0.56)

0.001

Sheath/height

6.10 (5.00–7.37)

5.26 (4.59–6.17)

0.014

Sheath/weight

0.43 (0.31–0.50)

0.34 (0.25–0.45)

0.023

  1. EP electrophysiological diagnose or/and therapy for arrhythmias, IT interventional therapy for CHD, CA cardioangiography for CHD, FAO femoral artery occlusion.
  2. aData was presented as percentages and medians [Interquartile range (IQR)].