Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of subjects by sex
Male | Female | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
n | Value | n | Value | |
Characteristic, mean (minimum, maximum) | ||||
Age, yearsa | 88 | 57 (19, 90) | 317 | 53 (14, 86) |
Weight, kgb | 88 | 82 (50, 155) | 317 | 73 (40, 129) |
Baseline 6MWD, m | 88 | 337 (168, 450) | 316 | 346 (150, 463) |
Race | ||||
White | 72 | 82.8 | 254 | 80.4 |
African American or black | 5 | 5.7 | 29 | 9.2 |
Asian | 10 | 11.5 | 24 | 7.6 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.6 |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 |
PAH etiologyb | ||||
Idiopathic/familial | 68 | 77.3 | 179 | 56.5 |
Collagen vascular disease | 9 | 10.2 | 86 | 27.1 |
Anorexigen use | 2 | 2.3 | 14 | 4.4 |
Associated with an atrial septal defect | 2 | 2.3 | 30 | 9.5 |
Surgical repair of VSD or PDA ≥1 year | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2.5 |
Concomitant use of bosentan | 41 | 46.6 | 175 | 55.2 |
Treatment dose | ||||
Placebo | 17 | 19.3 | 65 | 20.5 |
Tadalafil 2.5 mg | 18 | 20.5 | 64 | 20.2 |
Tadalafil 10 mg | 13 | 14.8 | 67 | 21.1 |
Tadalafil 20 mg | 20 | 22.7 | 62 | 19.6 |
Tadalafil 40 mg | 20 | 22.7 | 59 | 18.6 |
WHO functional class | ||||
1 | 1 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.9 |
2 | 25 | 28.4 | 105 | 33.1 |
3 | 60 | 68.2 | 204 | 64.4 |
4 | 2 | 2.3 | 5 | 1.6 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are no. (%) of patients. 6MWD: 6-minute walk distance; PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; VSD: ventricular septal defect; PDA: patent ductus arteriosus; WHO: World Health Organization.
P = 0.01.
P = 0.0001.