BioMed Research International / 2013 / Article / Tab 1 / Clinical Study
Pulmonary Hypertension in Portugal: First Data from a Nationwide Registry Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and hemodynamic characteristics of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) incident patients at baseline.
Total (
) PAH (
) CTEPH (
)
valueAge (years) 50.5 ± 17.0 43.4 ± 16.4 60.3 ± 12.5 <0.001 Female gender,
(%) 53 (67.1%) 30 (65.2%) 23 (69.7%) 0.676 Six-minute test walking distance (m) 351.3 ± 137.4 370.8 ± 140.1 320.4 ± 132.9 0.327 Functional class,
(%) I 1 (1%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 0.565 II 17 (25%) 11 (27%) 6 (21%) III 34 (49%) 21 (51%) 13 (46%) IV 17 (25%) 8 (20%) 9 (32%) Hemodynamic data Right atrial pressure (mmHg) 9.1 ± 5.8 7.7 ± 5.9 11.0 ± 5.2 0.015 Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg) 49.1 ± 15.1 50.6 ± 17.9 47.1 ± 9.9 0.313 Cardiac output (L·min−1 ) 4.4 ± 1.9 4.5 ± 1.8 4.3 ± 2 0.778 Cardiac index (L·min−1 ·m−2 ) 2.6 ± 1.1 2.7 ± 1.1 2.5 ± 1.1 0.406 Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (mmHg) 9.7 ± 3.3 9.5 ± 3.5 9.9 ± 3.1 0.587 Pulmonary vascular resistance (Wood units) 11.1 ± 6.4 11.4 ± 6.5 10.8 ± 6.3 0.729