The Effects of Diagnosis-Related Group Payment on Diagnostic Cerebral Angiograms through a Transradial and Transfemoral Approach: A Comparative Observational Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and outcomes for patients: transradial versus transfemoral approach for cerebral angiograms.

Variables	Transradial approach	Transfemoral approach	value
Patients, n	112	144
Age, mean ± SD, years	57.2 6 ± 3.45	59.43 ± 3.88	0.21
Gender (%)			0.72
Male	81 (72.3)	107 (74.3)
Female	31 (27.7)	37 (25.7)
Weight, kg, mean ± SD	72.6 ± 8.7	69.3 ± 10.2	0.44
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	29 (25.9)	32(28.5)	0.48
Hypertension, n (%)	72 (64.3)	86 (59.7)	0.46
Hyperlipidemia, n (%)	25 (22.3)	36 (25.0)	0.62