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Table 1 Training site, geographical location and procedural exposure of the respondents

From: Transradial versus transfemoral access for cardiac catheterization: a nationwide pilot study of training preferences and expertise in The United States

Variable

Total

% (n)

Trainee

% (n)

Trainer

% (n)

P value

Number of Respondents

100 (125)

60 (75)

40 (50)

Training Site Category

University Hospital

72 (90)

70.6 (53)

74 (37)

0.68

Community hospital

12 (15)

10.6 (8)

14 (7)

0.57

University affiliated

16 (20)

18.6 (14)

12 (6)

0.32

Region in USA

New England

11.9 (14)

13.4 (9)

10 (5)

0.57

Middle Atlantic

9.4 (11)

16.4 (11)

0 (0)

0.002

East north central

25.6 (30)

28.3 (19)

22 (11)

0.44

West North central

4.2 (5)

4.4 (3)

4 (2)

1.0

South Atlantic

14.5 (17)

13.4 (9)

16 (8)

0.69

East South Central

5.1 (6)

5.9 (4)

4 (2)

1.0

West south central

6.8 (8)

8.9 (6)

4 (2)

0.46

Mountain

1.7 (2)

1.5 (1)

2 (1)

1.0

Pacific

11.1 (13)

7.4 (5)

16 (8)

0.15

Procedures Performed

Coronary Angiography/PCI

98.2 (114)

98.5 (66)

98 (48)

0.82

Peripheral interventions

47.4 (55)

43.2 (29)

53 (26)

0.29

Coronary CTO

47.3 (54)

44.7 (30)

51.0 (24

0.51

Structural interventions

29.3 (34)

23.9 (16)

36.7 (18)

0.13