MVCs in MALES MVCs in MALES MVCs in MALES MVCs in FEMALES MVCs in FEMALES MVCs in FEMALES
present absent P present absent P
N = 58 N = 3164 N = 54 N = 1458
Age (years) 61.8 ± 8.7 58.6 ± 10.1 0.02 66.2 ± 5.6 63.2 ± 8.9 0.01
Paroxysmal AF (%) 48.3 63.4 0.02 64.8 68.8 0.54
Body weight (kg) 92.0 ± 14.0 95.6 ± 14.8 0.06 78.6 ± 16.6 80.4 ± 15.3 0.40
Body height (cm) 180 ± 7 181 ± 7 0.19 164 ± 6 167 ± 6 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 28.5 ± 4.1 29.2 ± 4.2 0.20 29.2 ± 5.6 28.8 ± 5.2 0.62
Body surface area (m2) 2.11 ± 0.17 2.16 ± 0.18 0.05 1.84 ± 0.19 1.89 ± 0.18 0.07
CHA2DS2-VASc score 1.7 ± 1.2 1.4 ± 1.2 0.09 2.8 ± 1.0 2.6 ± 1.2 0.26
LV ejection fraction (%) 55.9 ± 7.3 55.7 ± 8.2 0.85 56.1 ± 8.5 57.4 ± 6.5 0.14
Left atrial diameter (mm) 43.9 ± 5.5 43.4 ± 5.5 0.50 41.9 ± 5.0 40.5 ± 5.5 0.06
Hypertension (%) 63.8 58.4 0.41 74.1 64.5 0.15
Heart failure (%) 17.2 18.0 0.87 13.0 13.3 0.94
Diabetes mellitus (%) 20.7 12.4 0.06 7.4 12.1 0.30
Previous stroke/TIA (%) 3.4 5.6 0.48 7.4 7.2 0.95
CAD (%) 13.8 9.5 0.28 7.4 6.3 0.75
eGFR (CKD-EPI, ml/min) 76.3 ± 17.5 79.6 ± 16.5 0.14 72.0 ± 17.9 71.0 ± 17.5 0.71
Procedure time (min) 239 ± 74 218 ± 71 0.03 227 ± 77 209 ± 67 0.06
Radiofrequency time (min) 49.9 ± 25.1 45.4 ± 22.1 0.13 39.9 ± 20.2 41.5 ± 19.7 0.57
Substrate ablation (%) 48.3 37.7 0.10 51.9 41.6 0.14
CTI ablation (%) 13.8 22.1 0.13 22.2 22.2 1.00
Repeated ablation (%) 25.9 27.3 0.81 24.1 25.9 0.77
Robotic ablation (%) 14.0 9.6 0.26 7.4 8.0 0.87
Noninterrupted OAC (%) 46.6 55.0 0.20 51.9 58.7 0.32
“Z” stitch (%) 36.2 46.0 0.14 44.4 49.1 0.50
US-guided venipuncture (%) 10.3 25.8 0.007 25.9 27.0 0.86