Comprehensive Comparison of the Performance of Autogenous Brachial-Basilic Transposition Arteriovenous Fistula and Prosthetic Forearm Loop Arteriovenous Graft in a Multiethnic Asian Hemodialysis Population

Table 1

Demographics and characteristics of the population from January 2010 to June 2012.

	BBTAVF	BB AVG	value
Age (years)	59.14	57.24	0.449
Gender
Male	49 (60.5%)	23 (56.1%)	0.641
Female	32 (39.5%)	18 (43.9%)
Hypertension	71 (87.7%)	36 (87.8%)	0.981
Diabetes mellitus	50 (61.7%)	23 (56.1%)	0.549
Hyperlipidemia	38 (46.9%)	19 (46.3%)	0.952
Ischemic heart disease	21 (25.9%)	13 (31.7%)	0.501
Cause of ESRD
Diabetic nephropathy	48 (59.3%)	21 (51.2%)	0.126
Primary glomerulonephritis	2 (2.5%)	3 (7.3%)
Autoimmune glomerulonephritis/disease	5 (6.2%)	1 (2.4%)
Hypertension and renovascular disease	8 (9.9%)	0 (0%)
Polycystic kidney disease/other cystic diseases	3 (3.7%)	4 (9.8%)
Vesicoureteric reflux/chronic pyelonephritis	1 (1.2%)	1 (2.4%)
Obstructive stone disease	1 (1.2%)	3 (7.3%)
Miscellaneous	1 (1.2%)	0 (0%)
Unknown	12 (14.8%)	8 (19.5%)