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Table 1 Preoperative data (continuous variables were presented as mean and standard deviation and categorical variables as number and percent)

From: Efficacy and clinical outcome of the port-a-cath in children: a tertiary care-center experience

 

Group 1 (n = 164)

Group 2 (n = 404)

t/chi-square

p value

Age (years)

4.1 ± 3.5

5.5 ± 3.9

− 3.95

< 0.001

Male

103 (62.8%)

242 (59.9%)

0.41

0.52

Diagnosis

  

10.19

0.04

 Hematological malignancy

88 (53.7%)

241 (59.7%)

  

 Solid organ malignancy

49 (29.9%)

94 (23.2%)

  

 Pure hematological disease

4 (2.4%)

27 (6.7%)

  

 Metabolic disease

3 (1.8%)

12 (3%)

  

 Others for poor vascular

20 (12.2%)

30 (7.4%)

  

 Access

    

Reason of insertion

  

2.84

0.25

 Chemotherapy

141 (86%)

357 (88.4%)

  

 Blood product

1 (0.6%)

0

  

 Supplements

22 (13.4%)

47 (11.6%)

  

Location of insertion

  

568

<0.001

 Left external jugular

136 (82.9%)

0

  

 Right external jugular

28 (17.1%)

0

  

 Left subclavian

0

203 (50.3%)

  

 Right subclavian

0

65 (16.1%)

  

 Left internal jugular

0

112 (27.7%)

  

 Right internal jugular

0

22 (5.5%)

  

 Other

0

2 (0.5%)

  

Need central line before insertion

59 (36%)

143 (35.4%)

0.017

0.9