TABLE 2.

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) blood flow disturbance, as denoted by the degrees of the most abundant vector, between AV angle <46.5° or ≥46.5° with AVF blood flow at 600 mL/min.

	AV anastomotic angle		p-value
	<46.5°	≥46.5°
Patient number (n)	16	11
Radial artery	0.2 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.6	0.714
AV anastomotic site	4.8 ± 3.7	12.7 ± 16.0	0.137
Stenotic lesion site	15.5 ± 13.4	52.8 ± 25.7	<0.001*
Proximal downstream site	3.5 ± 5.0	19.8 ± 28.6	0.089
Distal downstream site	0.9 ± 1.8	22.3 ± 32.3	0.052

* p < 0.05. AV, arteriovenous.