Table 3.

The likelihood of starting dialysis by vascular access type, using the Fine–Gray proportional model to adjust for the competing risk of death

Covariate	AVF		AVG
	HR (95% CI)	P Value	HR (95% CI)	P Value
Age (yr)
70–<75 (reference)
75–<85	0.98 (0.88 to 1.08)	0.65	0.96 (0.79 to 1.17)	0.71
≥85	0.79 (0.67 to 0.93)	0.01	0.97 (0.73 to 1.29)	0.83
Sex
Men (reference)
Women	0.93 (0.84 to 1.02)	0.12	0.97 (0.81 to 1.16)	0.73
Race
White (reference)
Black	1.11 (0.98 to 1.26)	0.10	1.16 (0.96 to 1.40)	0.14
Other	1.36 (1.15 to 1.60)	0.003	1.03 (0.72 to 1.48)	0.88
Comorbidity score
0–4 (reference)
5–10	1.09 (0.98 to 1.21)	0.12	1.08 (0.87 to 1.35)	0.47
11–21	1.12 (0.99 to 1.26)	0.08	0.83 (0.66 to 1.05)	0.13