Time to first access procedure and Vascular Access status at follow-up
Both in univariate analysis (log rank P=0.85) and multivariable adjusted analysis (hazard ratio=0.99; 95% CI, 0.42–2.36, P=0.96), no statistically significant difference between the participants from the conventional dialysis and patients from daily hemodialysis group was found with regard to time to first access procedure (Figure 3). At the end of 4 year follow-up, there were no central venous catheters in the daily dialysis group and there were 63% fistulas and 37% arteriovenous grafts. Of the eleven fistulas at four year follow-up all had used the button-hole technique. No clinically significant pseudoaneurysms developed in either group.