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Table 2 Characteristics of the patients with and without port migration

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

 

Migration group

Non-migration group

P value

 

n

%

n

%

 

Patient number

7

 

291

  

Age

    

0.1181

  mean ± SD

68.1 ± 10.7

61.2 ± 12.4

 

  median (inter-quartile range)

71 (62 to 74)

61 (54 to 70.3)

 

Gender

    

0.0060

  Female

0

0.0%

153

52.6%

 

  Male

7

100.0%

138

47.4%

 

Body mass index

    

0.3211

  mean ± standard deviation

24.9 ± 1.8

24.2 ± 6.9

 

  medium (inter-quartile range)

24.7 (23.3 to 26.9)

23.6 (21 to 26.4)

 

Venous port type

    

0.0006

  Bard Fr 6.6

7

100.0%

97

33.3%

 

  TYCO Fr 7.5

0

0.0%

194

66.7%

 

Side

    

0.4338

  Left

1

14.3%

96

33.0%

 

  Right

6

85.7%

195

67.0%

 

Entering vessel

    

0.6025

  Cephalic vein

7

100.0%

254

87.3%

 

  Subclavian vein

0

0.0%

37

12.7%

 

Malignancy (indication for the port)

     

  Head and neck tumor

0

0.0%

17

5.8%

 

  Lung cancer

5

71.4%

54

18.6%

 

  Esophageal cancer

0

0.0%

2

0.7%

 

  Breast cancer

0

0.0%

55

18.9%

 

  Gastric cancer

1

14.3%

13

4.5%

 

  Colorectal cancer

0

0.0%

64

22.0%

 

  Hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumor

0

0.0%

8

2.7%

 

  Ovary cancer and cervical cancer

0

0.0%

26

8.9%

 

  Urological cancer

0

0.0%

37

12.7%

 

  Leukemia and lymphoma

1

14.3%

10

3.4%

 

  Other malignancy

0

0.0%

3

1.0%

 

  Malnutrition, no malignancy

0

0.0%

2

0.7%

 

Lung cancer

    

0.0040

  Yes

5

71.4%

54

18.6%

 

  No

2

28.6%

237

81.4%