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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Sep;9(9):10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.004612 e004612. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.004612

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

PH Patients (n = 53) Control Subjects (n = 53) P Value
Age, yr (range) 8 (0 - 23) 8 (0 - 23) 0.99
Female, n (%) 34 (64.2%) 34 (64.2%) 1.00
Weight, kg 32.5 (14.7 - 51.4) 30.6 (16.3 - 54.8) 0.20
Height, cm 133.0 (98.0 - 161.0) 136.0 (104.5 - 162.0) 0.11
Body Surface Area, m2 1.12 (0.63 - 1.52) 1.10 (0.69 - 1.57) 0.06
Heart Rate, bpm 81 (70 - 100) 79 (65 - 93) 0.09
Congenital Heart Disease, n (%) 33 (62.3%) ... ...
    Atrial Septal Defect / Patent Foramen Ovale 24 (45.3%) ... ...
    Ventricular Septal Defect 5 (9.4%) ... ...
    Patent Ductus Arteriosus 11 (20.8%) ... ...
    Other 5 (9.4%) ... ...
Shunt Present at Catheterization, n (%) 21 (39.6%) ... ...
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 14 (26.4%) ... ...
World Health Organization Class, n (%)
    Not Available 15 (28.3%) ... ...
    I / II 15 (28.3%) / 16 (30.2%) ... ...
    III / IV 6 (11.3%) / 1 (1.9%) ... ...

Presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise noted. PH indicates pulmonary hypertension.