Table 2:

Clinical data with regard to vascular access type (HD patients) and viral status (HD and PD patients) in the study group.

	% of patients
Vascular access type
Arteriovenous fistula	89
Arteriovenous graft	2.0
Tunneled catheter	5.1
Non-tunneled catheter	3.9
Viral status
HBs antigen positive	7.3
Anti-HCV antibodies	16.1
Anti-HIV antibodies	0.6
Anti-HBc antibodies	27.3

HBs antigen, antigen of the hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HBc antigen, hepatitis B virus protein (core antigen).