The Initial Vascular Access Type Contributes to Inflammation in Incident Hemodialysis Patients

Table 1

Patient demographic data. All cytokine values (CRP, IL-6 and IP-10) are reported as the median, and all other lab data are presented as the means ± S.D. Patients who received both a TC and an AVF or AVG concomitantly were included in the TC group. SGA: subjective global assessment, BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension; CHF: congestive heart failure; MI: myocardial infarction; CVA: cerebral vascular accident; PVD: peripheral vascular disease; ESRD: end stage renal disease; GN: glomerulonephritis; PCKD: polycystic kidney disease.

	TC	AVF	AVG	𝑃 value
𝑁	40	14	10
Age in years	60	55	71	0.01
	(±12)	(±11)	(±12)
Female sex	68%	14%	80%	0.005
Race/ethnicity
Black	46%	36%	70%	ns
Hispanic	37%	57%	20%
Caucasian	12%	0	0
Other	5%	7%	10%
Co-morbid Diseases
HTN	96%	100%	100%	ns
DM	64%	50%	100%	ns
CHF	40%	29%	40%	ns
MI	12%	29%	20%	ns
CVA	20%	7%	30%	ns
PVD	16%	0	10%	ns
Hyperlipidemia	56%	64%	90%	ns
BMI	28.0	28.6	31.0	ns
	(±8.8)	(±12.1)	(±6.5)
SGA score				ns
Low	28%	29%	0
Medium	36%	57%	60%
High	36%	14%	40%
Etiology of ESRD				ns
DM	44%	36%	70%
HTN	12%	29%	30%
GN	0%	14%	0
PCKD	8%	7%	0
Other	29%	14%	0
Past malignancy	4%	7%	20%	ns
Tobacco use				ns
Current	4%	14%	0
Former	32%	21%	10%