Table 1 Patient background characteristics
From: Far-infrared therapy for secondary vascular access patency of hemodialysis patients
f-VAT group | nf-VAT group | |
|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 5 | 13 |
Sex (male to female) | 2:3 | 8:5 |
Age (years) | 70 ± 12.5 | 69.0 ± 12.8 |
Diabetes patients (%) | 66.7 | 0 |
Dialysis vintage (months) | 91.3 ± 127.9 | 113.0 ± 56.4 |
Percentage of patients on anticoagulants (%) | 100 | 36 |
The number of annual VAT times before intervention by FIRT | 5.6 ± 0.9 | 1.0 |