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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Jul 21;60(6):983–989. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.06.014

Table 3.

Demographic and clinical features of the patients with AVGs

Variable Ipsilateral catheter Contralateral catheter P value

No. of patients 27 62

Age (y) 52 ± 11 55 ± 15 0.4

Male sex 11 (41%) 24 (39%) 0.9

Black race 23 (85%) 49 (79%) 0.5

Diabetes 17 (63%) 32 (52%) 0.3

Hypertension 23 (85%) 57 (90%) 0.5

CAD 6 (22%) 12 (19%) 0.7

PVD 4 (15%) 9 (14%) 0.9

CVD 6 (22%) 10 (16%) 0.5

CHF 4 (15%) 16 (26%) 0.3

AVG location 0.8
  Forearm 8 (30%) 20 (32%)
  Upper arm 19 (70%) 42 (68%)

AVG side <0.001
  Left 10 (37%) 61 (98%)
  Right 17 (63%) 1 (2%)

Catheter side <0.001
  Left 10 (37%) 1 (2%)
  Right 17 (63%) 61 (98%)

Values for continuous variables given as mean +/− SD; values for categorical variables given as number (percentage). AVF had to have been placed after initiation of hemodialysis.

CAD, coronary artery disease; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; CVD, cerebrovascular disease, CHF, congestive heart failure; AVG, arteriovenous graft.