Figure 3.

Predicted number of procedures during the first year of hemodialysis were higher in women and people with comorbidities. High risk and low risk refer to characteristics associated with increased incidence of access-related procedures. High risk: 70-year-old women with diabetes and cardiovascular disease; low risk: 50-year-old men without diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Catheter refers to a catheter-based access strategy (fistula creation never attempted); fistula refers to a fistula-based access strategy (the patient received a fistula creation attempt).