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Table 5 Hazard ratios of primary endpoints in elderly patients

From: Autologous arteriovenous fistula is associated with superior outcomes in elderly hemodialysis patients

 

VA abandonment

All-cause mortality

Maturation failure

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Age

–

–

1.08 (1.05–1.12)

< 0.001

  

Hemoglobin

1.41 (1.11–1.81)

0.006

–

–

  

Albumin

–

–

–

–

2.61 (1.6.0–4.25)

< 0.001

VA type (ref. RC AVF)

 

0.033

 

0.003

 

0.010

 BC AVF

0.97 (0.35–2.68)

0.955

1.54 (0.92–2.57)

0.102

0.81 (0.47–1.42)

0.464

 AVG

2.77 (1.22–6.27)

0.015

2.65 (1.52–4.63)

0.001

0.24 (0.09–0.60)

0.002

PVD

–

–

2.39 (1.13–5.06)

0.023

  

BA diameter

0.59 (0.37–0.93)

0.024

–

–

  
  1. Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, systolic pressure, Hemoglobin, cholesterol, albumin, calcium, phosphorus, DM, CAD, PVD, CVD, CHF, VA type, history of CVC, duplex U/S findings (Brachial a. diameter, Brachial a. flow, Needling site diameter, Needling site flow)
  2. VA vascular access, BMI body mass index, CHF congestive heart failure, BA brachial artery, SBP systolic blood pressure, PVD peripheral vascular disease, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence index, OR odds ratio
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