Table 5.

Hazard ratios of primary endpoints in elderly patients

	VA abandonment		All-cause mortality		Maturation failure
	HR (95% CI)	P value	HR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age	–	–	1.08 (1.05–1.12)	< 0.001
Hemoglobin	1.41 (1.11–1.81)	0.006	–	–
Albumin	–	–	–	–	2.61 (1.6.0–4.25)	< 0.001
VA type (ref. RC AVF)		0.033		0.003		0.010
BC AVF	0.97 (0.35–2.68)	0.955	1.54 (0.92–2.57)	0.102	0.81 (0.47–1.42)	0.464
AVG	2.77 (1.22–6.27)	0.015	2.65 (1.52–4.63)	0.001	0.24 (0.09–0.60)	0.002
PVD	–	–	2.39 (1.13–5.06)	0.023
BA diameter	0.59 (0.37–0.93)	0.024	–	–

Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, systolic pressure, Hemoglobin, cholesterol, albumin, calcium, phosphorus, DM, CAD, PVD, CVD, CHF, VA type, history of CVC, duplex U/S findings (Brachial a. diameter, Brachial a. flow, Needling site diameter, Needling site flow)

VA vascular access, BMI body mass index, CHF congestive heart failure, BA brachial artery, SBP systolic blood pressure, PVD peripheral vascular disease, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence index, OR odds ratio