Table 1 Patients characteristics before and after propensity score matching
Characteristics | Unmatched group | Matched group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transthoracic | Subxiphoid | p-value | Transthoracic | Subxiphoid | p-value | |
Age (years) | 26.43 ± 11.57 | 21.56 ± 4.38 | 0.001 | 20.47 ± 5.80 | 21.56 ± 4.38 | 0.398 |
Gender | 0.015 | 1.0 | ||||
Male | 73 | 31 | 31 | 31 | ||
Female | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Height (kg) | 58.39 ± 8.36 | 61.09 ± 9.25 | 0.126 | 59.42 ± 8.29 | 61.09 ± 9.25 | 0.449 |
Weight (cm) | 172.68 ± 7.49 | 177.13 ± 5.56 | 0.003 | 177.09 ± 4.29 | 177.13 ± 5.56 | 0.980 |
Body mass index (BMI) | 19.61 ± 2.79 | 19.41 ± 2.32 | 0.718 | 18.86 ± 2.56 | 19.41 ± 2.32 | 0.377 |
Side involved | 0.238 | 0.895 | ||||
Left | 48 | 12 | 13 | 12 | ||
Right | 36 | 13 | 14 | 13 | ||
Bilateral | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | ||