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. 2008 Nov 24;9:15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-9-15

Table 4.

Access recirculation for catheter (group 1) and AV fistulae (group 2)

Zones Group 1
Recirculation (%)
IQR Group 2
Recirculation (%)
IQR P-value
A zone 10.0 6.5 – 14.2 9.8 7.5 – 14.1 0.62
B zone 9.6 6.1 – 15.5 12.2 8.5 – 14.4 0.07
C zone 12.6 8.2 – 17.9 10.7 7.6 – 16.5 0.21
D zone 9.3 6.2 – 15.0 10.0 7.5 – 12.6 0.69
E zone 10.9 6.4 – 26.0 6.6 6.5 – 6.6 0.77
F zone 14.5 5.7 – 17.5 12.5 7.5 – 19.2 0.83

Recirculation: Access recirculation fraction; IQR, Interquartile range. A to F zones correspond to treatment distribution in Figures 1 and 2.