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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Apr;28(4):373–379. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.01.016

Table 1.

Patient characteristics for each category of PAH and for the three PAH groups combined. Connective tissue diseases included systemic lupus erythematosus and the scleroderma spectrum of disease.

Type of PAH Number Gender (% Female) Ethnicity Age (years) Age at diagnosis (years) Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg) Pulmonary vascular resistance (U · m2) Mixed venous oxygen saturation (%) Systemic arterial oxygen saturation (%) Cardiac index (l/min/m2) SAPm (mmHg)
IPAH 177 68% 77% Cauc
4% AA
9% Asian
6% Hisp
4% Other		 35 +/− 20 27 +/− 20 57 +/− 20 22 +/− 14 62 +/− 10 94 +/− 5 2.8 +/− 1.4 80 +/− 15
Anorexigens 7 100% 100% Cauc 56 +/− 8 51 +/− 9 53 +/− 23 23 +/− 13 59 +/− 12 90 +/− 9 2.5 +/− 1.0 111 +/− 21
PAH/CTD 63 78% 73% Cauc
11% AA
8% Asian
6% Hisp
2% Other		 59 +/− 13 53 +/− 14 47 +/− 13 21 +/− 13 60 +/− 11 92 +/− 5 2.2 +/− 0.9 89+/− 14

Data are mean +/− standard deviation. For ethnicity Cauc=Caucasian; AA=African American; Hisp=Hispanic; O=Other/Mixed.