Table 2 Demographics of all patients included in this study.

From: Imaging of Patients with Complex Hemodialysis Arterio-Venous Fistulas using Time-Resolved Dynamic CT Angiography: Comparison with Duplex Ultrasound

Characteristic

Values

 

Patients

35

 

  Male patients

20

 

Age (years)

62 ± 18

 

BMI (kg/m2)

26.8 ± 3.1

 

Mean age of fistula (months)

17 ± 9

 

AV fistula

27

 

AV graft

8

 

Type of AV fistulas/grafts

  Forearm fistula/graft

24

 

  Upper arm fistula/graft

11

 

Glomerular filtration rate [ml/min]

 

p-Value (vs prior CT)

  Prior to CT

6.1 ± 2,1

—

  24 h post CT

6.3 ± 2,0

0.7961

  48 h post CT

6.7 ± 1,6

0.4452

  72 h post CT

6.2 ± 1,7

0.8417

  1. Note – BMI = body-mass-index; AV = arterio-venous; CT = computed tomography.
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