Clinical Study
The Initial Vascular Access Type Contributes to Inflammation in Incident Hemodialysis Patients
Table 6
Mixed-effects model for IP-10 (log transformation) including all time points throughout the study (). In an adjusted analysis, IP-10 levels positively correlated with the presence of a TC and AVG, although the latter did reach statistical significance, (). IP-10 levels were also significantly associated with male sex. There was an inverse correlation of IP-10 with DM and African American or Caucasian race. IP-10: interferon-γ-induced protein, TC: tunneled catheter, AVG: arteriovenous graft, AVF: arteriovenous fistula, DM: diabetes mellitus, CAD: coronary artery disease, HD: hemodialysis
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