Table 2 Factors associated with primary VA patency
From: Effects of patient age on patency of chronic hemodialysis vascular access
| Â | Univariate | Multivariate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
HR (95% CI) | P-value | HR (95% CI) | P-value | |
Increased age | 1.03 (1.02–1.04) | <  0.01 | 1.02 (1.01–1.03) | < 0.01 |
Female sex | 1.04 (0.80–1.35) | 0.76 | NA | NA |
BMI | 0.97 (0.94–1.01) | 0.15 | NA | NA |
AVF | 0.32 (0.24–0.42) | < 0.01 | 0.38 (0.28–0.51) | < 0.01 |
Hypertension | 0.99 (0.70–1.40) | 0.94 | NA | NA |
DM | 1.41 (1.09–1.82) | < 0.01 | 1.17 (0.90–1.53) | 0.25 |
Smoker | 0.99 (0.73–1.34) | 0.93 | NA | NA |
CVD | 1.30 (0.95–1.78) | 0.10 | NA | NA |
CVA | 1.17 (0.79–1.72) | 0.44 | NA | NA |
PAOD | 1.00 (0.58–1.00) | 0.99 | NA | NA |