Clinical and Instrumental Characteristics of Newly Diagnosed Patients with Various Forms of Pulmonary Hypertension according to the Russian National Registry

Table 10

Laboratory indicators in the PAH and CTEPH groups.

Parameters	PAH group ()	CTEPH group ()
Potassium (mmol/l)			0.003
Sodium (mmol/l)			N/S
Creatinine (μmol/l)			0.0001
Iron (μmol/l)			N/S
Uric acid (μmol/l)			N/S
Urea (mmol/l)			0.000055
Bilirubin total (μmol/l)			N/S
Glucose (mmol/l)			N/S
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)			N/S
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)			N/S
Cholesterol (mmol/l)			N/S
C-reactive protein (mg/dl)	0.18 [0.09; 0.48]	0.49 [0.32; 1.88]	0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/l)			N/S
Hemoglobin (g/dl)			0.031
Hematocrit (%)			0.006
Red blood cells (10^12/l)		4.94 ± 0.77	0.011
White blood cells (10^9/l)			N/S
Platelets (10^9/l)			0.0033
ESR (mm/hour)			0.012
Fibrinogen (g/l)			0.0023
D-dimer (μg/ml)	0.2 [0.1; 0.30]	0.5 [0.2; 1.3]	0.0005
NT-proBNP (pg/ml)	1188 [275; 4570]	1750 [915; 3055]	N/S

Note: LDL: low-density lipoproteins; HDL: high-density lipoproteins; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate.