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. 2015 Dec;5(4):701–706. doi: 10.1086/683829

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
Note

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.

a

P = 0.01.

b

P = 0.0001.