Table 5: Correlation between pulmonary artery pressure and other parameters

	ePAPs mmHg
	r	Sig
Age (years)	.341^**	0.001
Duration of CKD (months)	.686^**	0.000
Duration of hemodialysis (months)	.667^**	0.000
Duration of AVF(months)	.610^**	0.000
BMI	-.196	0.065
Systolic BP/mmHg	.163	0.126
Diastolic BP/mmHg	.126	0.236
Heart Rate( beat /min)	-.065	0.543
Serum Creatinine (mg/dl)	.719^**	0.000
Blood Urea (mg/dl)	.620^**	0.000
Serum calcium (mg/dl)	-.179	0.343
Serum phosphorus (mg/dl)	.649^**	0.000
PTH (pg/ml)	635^**	0.000
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	-.609^**	0.000
Serum Uric acid (mg/dl)	.101	0.343
Serum Albumin (g/dl)	.132	0.214
Fasting blood Glucose (mg/dl)	.154	0.148
Serum Cholesterol (mg/dl)	-.128	0.230
Serum Triglycerides (mg/dl)	-.106	0.320
LDL (mg/dl)	.136	0.202
A-V fistula flow (ml/min)	.742	0.000

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.