TRA (n=66) | TFA (n=149) | P value | ||
Gender | Male | (29) 43.9% | (63) 42.3% | 0.88 |
Female | (37) 56.1% | (86) 57.7% | ||
Median age | 62 (44–70) | 58 (49.5–68) | 0.92 | |
≥65 | (25) 7.9% | (49) 32.9% | 0.53 | |
<65 | (41) 62.1% | (100) 67.1% | ||
Ethnicity | Hispanic and African | (11) 16.7% | (24) 16.1% | 0.99 |
White | (55) 83.3% | (125) 83.9% | ||
Smoking | Current | (9) 13.6% | (16) 10.7% | 0.78 |
Former | (26) 39.4% | (57) 38.3% | ||
Never | (31) 47.0% | (76) 51.0% | ||
Alcohol Hx | Casual | (15) 22.7% | (26) 17.4% | 0.13 |
Never/rare | (42) 63.6% | (113) 75.8% | ||
Abuse/freq | (9) 13.6% | (10) 6.7% | ||
CVD | Present | (38) 57.6% | (90) 60.4% | 0.76 |
None | (28) 42.4% | (59) 39.6% | ||
Diabetes | Present | (8) 12.1% | (16) 10.7% | 0.82 |
None | (58) 87.9% | (133) 89.3% | ||
PT Care type | In PT | (12) 18.2% | (63) 42.9% | 0.001 |
Out PT | (54) 81.8% | (84) 57.1% |
CVD, cardiovascular diseases; DM, diabetes mellitus; Freq, frequently; Hx, history; N, number; PT, patient; TFA, transfemoral arterial; TRA, transradial arterial.