Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population
Group 1, anaesthesia /long 19G needle n = 27 | Group 2, anaesthesia /short 21G needle n = 28 | Group 3, no anaesthesia/long 19G needle n = 25 | Group 4, no anaesthesia/short 21G needle n = 28 | Total n = 108 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender male (%) | 27 (100) | 26 (92.9) | 23 (92) | 26 (92.9) | 102 (94.5) |
Age (years) | 34.2 (10.5) | 36.1 (8.7) | 39.0 (10.6) | 37.5 (14.1) | |
BMI (kg/m2), SD | 23.8 (3.8) | 24.9 (4.9) | 25.6 (3.9) | 23.9 (2.8) | |
Ethnicity (%) | |||||
Caucasic | 17 (63) | 22 (78.6) | 18 (72) | 22 (78.6) | 79 (73.1) |
Latin | 7 (25.9) | 6 (21.4) | 5 (20) | 5 (17.9) | 23 (21.3) |
Black | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (8.0) | 1 (3.6) | 4 (3.7) |
Other | 2 (7.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.8) |
HIV infection | 12 (44.4) | 12 (42.9) | 12 (48) | 9 (32.1) | 45 (41.7) |
Center | |||||
Sandoval | 19 (70.4) | 20 (71.4) | 18 (72) | 19 (67.9) | 76 (70.4) |
HCSC | 8 (29.6) | 8 (28.6) | 7 (28) | 9 (32.1) | 32 (29.6) |