Exploration of pulse wave analysis under reactive hyperemia and close to an arteriovenous fistula: a comparative analysis

Table 2 Comparison of unilateral measurements at the non-fistula arm across sub-collectives

	HealthyMedian (min/max)	Kidney1 Median (min/max)	Kidney2 Median (min/max)	p
AI [%]	4.00 (-30/23)	15.00 (-13/33)	22.00 (0/39)	< 0.001
A2_non-fist [relative amplitude*s]	0.17990 (0.12995/0.238938)	0.15480 (0.06830/0.20816)	0.12887 (0.06050/0.22675)	< 0.001
m2_non-fist [relative amplitude/s]	-0.00154 (-0.00314/-0.00102)	-0.00161(-0.00288/-0.00099)	-0.00214 (-0.00468/-0.00111)	< 0.001

Abbreviations: Healthy collective of young vascular healthy individuals (n = 23), Kidney1 collective of patients with chronic kidney disease, fistula and intermediate extent of comorbidities (n = 39), Kidney2 collective of patients with fistula on hemodialysis and high level of comorbidities (n = 46), AI Aortic index, A2_non-fist Area under the curve of the normalized pressure pulse curve between the systolic maximum and the end of systole measured at non-fistula arms, m2_non-fist mean slope of the normalized pressure pulse curve between the systolic maximum and the end of systole measured at non-fistula arms, p p-value for inter-collective comparison

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