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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2012 Jun 28;161(6):1126–1131.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.050

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of children with idiopathic PAH and healthy controls.

Variables Idiopathic PAH Healthy control
(n=51) (n=51) p value
mean +/− SD mean +/− SD
Age (years) 11.7 +/−4.2 11.6 +/−4.1 0.90
Gender (male/female) 26/25 24/27 0.69
Body surface area (m2) 1.2+/−0.3 1.4 +/−0.4 0.02
Blood pressure (systolic) (mmHg) 102.5+/−10.4 104.0+/−9.8 0.43
Blood pressure (diastolic) (mmHg) 57.0+/−7.4 59.4+/−9.3 0.17
Heat rate at rest (/min) 82.2+/−17.6 80.6+/−13.8 0.62
Oxygen saturation at rest (%) 97.3+/−1.7 98.2+/−2.6 0.01

SD; standard deviations