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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population*

From: A national cohort study on hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas after kidney transplantation - long-term patency, use and complications

Baseline characteristics

Value

N

626

Age at transplant (years)

48 ± 11 (18 to 77)

Recipients older than 65 years

40 (6.3%)

Male gender

380 (60.7%)

Cause of end-stage kidney disease:

• Glomerulonephritis

196 (31.3%)

• ADPKD

97 (15.5%)

• Diabetes mellitus

47 (7.5%)

• (DM type 1)

23

• (DM type 2)

24

• Arterial hypertension

45 (7.2%)

• Vesicoureteral reflux

26 (4.1%)

• Pyelonephritis

25 (4%)

• FSGS

18 (2.9%)

• Alport syndrome

16 (2.5%)

• Other

156 (25%)

Graft type:

• deceased donor

624 (99.7%)

• living related donor

2 (0.3%)

Concurrent other organ transplantation

14 (2.2%)

Time from AVF construction to transplant (months)

66 ± 49 (2 to 326)

AVF site

• forearm

521 (83.2%)

• upper arm

105 (16.8%)

AVF nature

• native

605 (96.7%)

• PTFE graft

21 (3.3%)

Delayed graft function

145 (23.1%)

  1. Data are presented as total numbers (percentages) or mean ± standard deviation (range)
  2. Abbrevitions: ESKD end stage kidney disease, ADPKD autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, FSGS focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, AVF arteriovenous fistula, PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene