Table 3.

Patient characteristics and failure rates per hospital^a

Characteristic	Hospital											Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
No. of patients	35	53	27	13	22	37	10	34	21	11	22	285
Male gender (%)	69	59	63	69	59	68	50	77	57	82	59	65
Age ≥65 yr (%)	51	55	59	54	73	62	70	56	52	27	41	55
CAD (%)	33	23	15	31	14	22	40	29	33	27	18	25
PVD (%)	6	8	7	23	9	3	30	9	10	18	5	9
Diabetes (%)	20	43	44	46	36	27	50	21	33	9	14	31
BMI ≥30 kg/m2 (%)	3	17	8	0	19	11	20	24	15	0	14	13
RRT before cannulation (%)	69	74	82	69	59	51	80	85	76	91	73	72
Forearm AVF (%)	66	42	33	85	46	76	50	62	62	36	64	56
Preoperative duplex (%)	54	96	93	0	73	30	50	65	62	82	23	62
AVF surveillance (%)	20	43	63	15	45	22	40	47	86	20	64	42
Primary failure rate (%) (11)	24	38	50	43	39	8	24	46	13	35	32	33
PFP loss (%)	37	28	48	69	32	14	20	27	29	27	23	31
Secondary failure rate (%)	17	6	7	39	5	3	0	9	0	9	23	10

^aCAD, coronary artery disease; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; PFP, primary functional patency.