Table 3.

Maturation and interventions for the vascular access in the BBTAVF and BB AVG groups.

	BBTAVF	BB AVG	p value
Mean venous diameter (mm)	3.2 (±1.0)	2.9 (±0.7)	0.118
Mean maturation time (weeks)	17.7 (±18.0)	6.0 (±5.4)	0.000
Mean number of interventions (n) to maintain patency	1.5 (±1.0)	2.2 (±1.2)	0.043
Mean number of surgical thrombectomies (n)	1.0 (±0.0)	1.5 (±0.8)	0.476
For failed accesses, mean time from last creation to decision of abandonment (weeks)	12.1 (±10.1)	6.5 (±6.4)	0.155
For failed accesses, mean time from access creation to next access creation (weeks)	22.5 (±18.5)	10.3 (±6.6)	0.131