Research Article
Estimates of Prevalence of Pulmonary Hypertension according to Different International Definitions
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 239).
| Characteristics | Statistics |
| Mean age ± SD (range) in years | 52.4 ± 13.4 (15–88) | Gender | Female | 141 (59.0%) | Male | 98 (41.0%) | Residence | Rural | 136 (56.9%) | Semiurban | 2 (0.8%) | Urban | 101 (42.3%) | Nonsmokers | 188 (78.7%) | Smokers/exsmokers | 51 (21.3%) | mPAP ± SD (range) in mmHg | 22.3 ± 10.1 (8–61) | Mean pulmonary artery diameter ± SD (range) in mm | 27.4 ± 3.4 (22–40) |
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SD, standard deviation; mPAP, mean pulmonary artery pressure.
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