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

Table 2

Baseline laboratory data. All values are presented as the means ± S.D. eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; PTH: parathyroid hormone; Hgb: hemoglobin, LDL: low-density lipoprotein.

	TC	AVF	AVG	𝑃 value
CRP (median, mg/L)	7.2	1.3	13.9	0.035
CRP >5 mg/L (%)	54%	23%	75%	0.04
IL-6 (median, pg/mL)	16.5	11.4	12.2	0.06
IP-10 (median, pg/mL)	222	148	289	ns
GFR (mL/min)	10	14	11	ns
	(±7)	(±6)	(±4)
Albumin (g/dL)	3.5	3.7	3.3	ns
	(±0.5)	(±0.5)	(±0.6)
Phosphorous (mg/dL)	6.1	5.1	5.6	ns
	(±1.9)	(±1.2)	(±1.4)
Calcium (mg/dL)	8.0	8.5	8.7	ns
	(±1.3)	(−0.7)	(±0.7)
PTH (pg/mL)	710	358	256	ns
	(±990)	(±283)	(±134)
Hgb (g/dL)	9.1	10.4	10.1	0.009
	(±1.5)	(±1.0)	(±2.0)
Ferritin (ng/mL)	328	250	255	ns
	(±325)	(±250)	(±225)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	180	161	184	ns
	(±56)	(±67)	(±39)
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	104	85	94	ns
	(±47)	(±51)	(±26)
Hepatitis C Ab	13%	14%	10%	ns