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Figure 3. Bar graph shows interaction of minimum venous diameter in centimeters and blood flow rate in milliliters per minute in predicting the likelihood of fistula adequacy for dialysis. If both criteria are met, the positive predictive value is 95%; if neither criterion is met, the negative predictive value is 67%. diam = diameter.