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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients using different ports

From: Risk factors for venous port migration in a single institute in Taiwan

 

All patients

Bard port

TYCO port

P value

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Patient number

298

 

104

 

194

  

Age

      

0.0116

  mean ± standard deviation

61.4 ± 12.3

63.9 ± 11.3

60.1 ± 12.7

 

  median (inter-quartile range)

61 (54 to 70.8)

63.1 (56.3 to 72)

60 (51 to 69)

 

Sex

      

0.0034

  Female

153

51.3%

41

39.4%

112

57.7%

 

  Male

145

48.7%

63

60.6%

82

42.3%

 

Body mass index

      

0.1077

  mean ± standard deviation

24.2 ± 6.8

23.4 ± 3.6

24.7 ± 8.0

 

  medium (inter-quartile range)

23.6 (21.1 to 26.4)

23.4 (21.1 to 25.4)

23.9 (21.0 to 26.7)

 

Migration

      

0.0006

  No

291

97.7%

97

93.3%

194

100.0%

 

  Yes

7

2.3%

7

6.7%

0

0.0%

 

Side

      

< 0.0001

  Left

97

32.6%

19

18.3%

78

40.2%

 

  Right

201

67.5%

85

81.7%

116

59.8%

 

Entering vessel

      

< 0.0001

  Cephalic vein

261

87.6%

102

98.1%

159

82.0%

 

  Subclavian vein

37

12.4%

2

1.9%

35

18.0%

 

Malignancy (indication for the port)

       

  Head and neck tumor

17

5.7%

4

3.9%

13

6.7%

 

  Lung cancer

59

19.8%

32

30.8%

27

13.9%

 

  Esophageal cancer

2

0.7%

0

0.0%

2

1.0%

 

  Breast cancer

55

18.5%

4

3.9%

51

26.3%

 

  Gastric cancer

14

4.7%

7

6.7%

7

3.6%

 

  Colorectal cancer

64

21.5%

29

27.9%

35

18.0%

 

  Hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumor

8

2.7%

3

2.9%

5

2.6%

 

  Ovary cancer and cervical cancer

26

8.7%

7

6.7%

19

9.8%

 

  Urological cancer

37

12.4%

12

11.5%

25

12.9%

 

  Leukemia and lymphoma

11

3.7%

3

2.9%

8

4.1%

 

  Other malignancy

3

1.0%

1

1.0%

2

1.0%

 

  Malnutrition, no malignancy

2

0.7%

2

1.9%

0

0.0%

 

Lung cancer

      

0.0007

  Yes

59

19.8%

32

30.8%

27

13.9%

 

  No

239

80.2%

72

69.2%

167

86.1%