. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2016 Dec 24;65(3):783–792.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.09.054

Table 2.

Fistula prevalence (Unadjusted and Fully Adjusted)

	Unadjusted		Fully Adjusted (Model 3)^a
	Fistula Prevalence	P-value compared to White	Fistula Prevalence^b	P-value compared to White
White	79.9%	ref	78.0%	ref
Black	62.4%	<.001	65.9%	<.001
Asian/PI	67.7%	<.001	71.4%	<.001
Hispanic	74.3%	<.001	78.7%	.59

Adjusted for age and its square, sex, index year, index month, total covered charges from outpatient, inpatient and carrier files in the year preceding index fistula/graft creation date, inpatient setting for the index fistula/graft creation, all co-morbidities available from the Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (except chronic kidney disease), community contextual factors and hospital referral region.

Predictive margin for prevalence of fistula created vs graft.