Table 3 AVF characteristics by cannulation technique
| Â | Total | BHs | BHb | RL | AP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Female/male | Â 395/933 | 30/70 | 238/495 | 32/68 | 86/298 | 22/78 | 49/118 | 29/71 | 22/22 | 50/50 |
Age (mean. ± SD) | 64.3 (±14.9) |  | 65.0 (±14.8) |  | 61.3 (±15.6) |  | 67.6 (±15.1) |  | 65.7 (±14.9) |  |
Number of AVF days/AVF (mean. ± SD) | 746 (± 532) |  | 723 (±544) |  | 867 (±534) |  | 623 (±413) |  | 524 (±504) |  |
Number of AVF days (number. %) | 990,405 | 100 | 530,322 | 54 | 332,944 | 34 | 104,041 | 11 | 23,098 | 2 |
Number of AVFs using the technique (number. %) | 1328 | 100 | 733 | 55 | 384 | 29 | 167 | 13 | 44 | 3 |