Comparison of outcomes between type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic incident hemodialysis patients with functioning arteriovenous fistulas
This study compared clinical outcomes of patient survival and arteriovenous fistula (AVF) patency between incident hemodialysis patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Between January 2011 and December 2013, 384 consecutive incident hemodialysis patients with confirmed first upper-extremity AVF placement were divided into a T2DM group (n = 180, 46.9%) and a non-DM group (n = 204, 53.1%) and analyzed retrospectively. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and secondary outcome was AVF patency.
Patients in the T2DM group had a higher prevalence of hypertension (P = .02), smoking (P 
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