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. 2016 Mar;6(1):70–81. doi: 10.1086/685081

Table S2.

Lobar measures of arterial and venous vessel volume distribution

CTEPH Control P valuea
Arterial fractions
 Small vessels, BV5ART/TBVART
  Right lung, upper lobe 0.51 (0.44–0.55) 0.66 (0.59–0.74) 0.0005
  Right lung, middle lobe 0.54 (0.47–0.59) 0.66 (0.62–0.72) 0.002
  Right lung, lower lobe 0.45 (0.27–0.53) 0.59 (0.46–0.66) 0.016
  Left lung, upper lobe 0.43 (0.35–0.48) 0.58 (0.51–0.72) 0.0003
  Left lung, lower lobe 0.36 (0.30–0.44) 0.56 (0.44–0.61) 0.0009
 Large vessels, BV>10ART/TBVART
  Right lung, upper lobe 0.31 (0.26–0.37) 0.19 (0.14–0.23) <0.0001
  Right lung, middle lobe 0.28 (0.21–0.35) 0.18 (0.14–0.23) 0.005
  Right lung, lower lobe 0.33 (0.30–0.47) 0.26 (0.21–0.33) 0.04
  Left lung, upper lobe 0.34 (0.29–0.39) 0.22 (0.16–0.28) 0.0002
  Left lung, lower lobe 0.37 (0.33–0.46) 0.27 (0.23–0.35) 0.005
Venous fractions
 Small vessels, BV5VEIN/TBVVEIN
  Right lung, upper lobe 0.53 (0.46–0.59) 0.56 (0.54–0.60) 0.15
  Right lung, middle lobe 0.51 (0.43–0.53) 0.57 (0.52–0.61) 0.02
  Right lung, lower lobe 0.44 (0.35–0.52) 0.51 (0.43–0.59) 0.13
  Left lung, upper lobe 0.47 (0.36–0.52) 0.54 (0.49–0.57) 0.02
  Left lung, lower lobe 0.39 (0.31–0.46) 0.49 (0.38–0.56) 0.03
 Large vessels, BV>10VEIN/TBVVEIN
  Right lung, upper lobe 0.25 (0.23–0.29) 0.24 (0.23–0.28) 0.56
  Right lung, middle lobe 0.27 (0.22–0.29) 0.23 (0.18–0.30) 0.71
  Right lung, lower lobe 0.31 (0.26–0.37) 0.32 (0.28–0.35) 0.58
  Left lung, upper lobe 0.25 (0.21–0.30) 0.27 (0.25–0.29) 0.82
  Left lung, lower lobe 0.31 (0.29–0.35) 0.33 (0.25–0.37) 0.82
Arterial/venous ratios
 Small vessels, BV5ART/BV5VEIN
  Right lung, upper lobe 1.24 (0.96–1.39) 1.15 (1.1–1.36) 0.96
  Right lung, middle lobe 1.41 (0.92–1.88) 1.39 (1.18–1.62) 1.0
  Right lung, lower lobe 1.20 (0.96–1.46) 1.21 (1.03–1.37) 0.87
  Left lung, upper lobe 1.30 (1.14–1.51) 1.27 (1.12–1.36) 0.38
  Left lung, lower lobe 1.28 (1.03–1.43) 1.20 (1.05–1.29) 0.20
 Large vessels, BV>10ART/BV>10VEIN
  Right lung, upper lobe 1.59 (1.25–2.09) 0.79 (0.58–1.15) <0.0001
  Right lung, middle lobe 1.5 (0.8–2.40) 0.88 (0.58–1.49) 0.12
  Right lung, lower lobe 1.41 (1.02–2.3) 0.88 (0.77–1.2) 0.01
  Left lung, upper lobe 1.8 (1.49–2.88) 1.0 (0.68–1.33) <0.0001
  Left lung, lower lobe 1.87 (1.28–2.42) 0.97 (0.8–1.42) 0.0005
 Overall, TBVART/TBVVEIN
  Right lung, upper lobe 1.26 (1.1–1.53) 1.05 (0.96–1.19) .02
  Right lung, middle lobe 1.53 (0.96–1.66) 1.16 (1.01–1.34) 0.32
  Right lung, lower lobe 1.30 (0.96–1.84) 1.10 (0.98–1.19) 0.19
  Left lung, upper lobe 1.43 (1.26–1.68) 1.12 (0.99–1.24) 0.002
  Left lung, lower lobe 1.47 (1.24–1.78) 1.08 (0.93–1.17) 0.001
Note

Data are reported as median (interquartile range). ART: arterial; BV5: blood vessel volume for vessels with a cross-sectional area ≤ 5 mm2; BV>10: blood vessel volume for vessels with a cross-sectional area > 10 mm2; TBV: total blood vessel volume; VEIN: venous.

a

P value based on a Wilcoxon exact test with a 2-sided P value.