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Table 1 Comparison of demographic characteristics between PT and control group

From: Pull-through technique through antegrade radial artery puncture without sheath insertion in balloon-assisted radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulas maturation

Demographics

Overall, N = 62

Control Group, N = 47

PT Group, N = 15

p-value

Age(years)

61.06(13.61)

62.34(13.06)

57.07(14.96)

0.23

Sex

   

0.87

 Female

28/62(45.16%)

22/47(46.81%)

6/15(40.00%)

 

 Male

34/62(54.84%)

25/47(53.19%)

9/15(60.00%)

 

Stenosis Site

   

 < 0.001

 Forearm cephalic vein

9 (14.52%)

9 (19.15%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 Radial artery

9 (14.52%)

5 (10.64%)

4 (26.67%)

 

 Mixed site

28 (45.16%)

26 (55.32%)

2 (13.33%)

 

 JAS

16 (25.81%)

7 (14.89%)

9 (60.00%)

 

BBF

258.44(76.31)

258.02(76.60)

259.73(78.06)

0.94

ABF

672.19(143.84)

669.57(140.37)

680.40(159.12)

0.82

HBP

   

0.83

 No

20 (32.26%)

16 (34.04%)

4 (26.67%)

 

 Yes

42 (67.74%)

31 (65.96%)

11 (73.33%)

 

DM

   

0.67

 No

20 (32.26%)

14 (29.79%)

6 (40.00%)

 

 Yes

42 (67.74%)

33 (70.21%)

9 (60.00%)

 

Duration

6.00(5.00,8.00)

6.0(5.00,8.00)

7.00(5.00,8.00)

0.74

Hb

98.97(15.34)

99.13(15.18)

98.47(16.37)

0.89

Alb

36.19(5.15)

36.38(4.83)

35.60(6.21)

0.66

Ca

2.08(0.18)

2.08(0.17)

2.06(0.20)

0.68

P

2.12(0.42)

2.14(0.40)

2.06(0.49)

0.57

PTH

533.11(166.38)

526.66(177.22)

553.33(129.79)

0.53

  1. Abbreviations: JAS Juxta-anastomotic segment, BBF Blood flow before intervention, ABF Blood flow after intervention, HBP Hypertension, DM Diabetes mellitus, Duration the primary patency duration, Hb Hemoglobin, Alb Albumin, Ca Serum calcium, P Serum Phosphate, PTH Parathyroid hormone, Categorical variables were expressed as frequencies and percentages. The continuous variables of normal distribution were described by means and standard deviation. Primary patency duration are expressed as median and interquartile ranges