Table 3.

Predictors of PASP.

	Difference in PASP (95% CI)	p-value
Left ventricular posterior wall thickness (per 5 mm)	4.21(0.38, 8.04)	0.03
Age (per yr)	0.15(-0.02, 0.32)	0.08
Male sex	-9.48(-15.42, -3.54)	0.002
African American	-3.01(-8.46, 2.43)	0.28
Diabetes mellitus	1.79(-3.08, 6.66)	0.47
ESRD vintage (log years)	0.15(-1.90, 2.21)	0.88
Peripheral Vascular Disease	-7.51(-16.78, 1.76)	0.11
Albumin (per 0.5 g/dl)	-1.70(-4.75, 1.35)	0.27
Hemoglobin (per g/dl)	0.43(-0.04, 0.91)	0.07
AV Fistula	0.13(-4.13, 4.39)	0.95
Heart failure	7.21(0.92, 13.50)	0.03
Coronary artery disease	-5.69(-21.55, 10.18)	0.48
BIS estimates
ICW (per L)	-0.58(-1.45, 0.30)	0.19
ECW (per L)	1.12(0.07, 2.18)	0.04
Fat mass	-0.25(-0.44, -0.06)	0.01