Table 3 Factors associated with secondary 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 | 1.01 (1.00–1.03) | 0.104 | NA | NA |
Female sex | 0.93 (0.63–1.38) | 0.723 | NA | NA |
BMI | 1.00 (0.95–1.06) | 0.884 | NA | NA |
AVF | 0.53 (0.35–0.82) | 0.004 | 0.57 (0.37–0.87) | 0.010 |
Hypertension | 0.96 (0.58–1.59) | 0.877 | NA | NA |
DM | 1.64 (1.12–2.40) | 0.011 | 1.56 (1.07–2.29) | 0.02 |
Smoker | 1.13 (0.74–1.73) | 0.581 | NA | NA |
CVD | 1.29 (0.82–2.05) | 0.272 | NA | NA |
CVA | 1.32 (0.76–2.27) | 0.323 | NA | NA |
PAOD | 0.81 (0.33–1.98) | 0.643 | NA | NA |