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. 2017 Jul 7;12(7):e0180615. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180615

Table 2. Correlation between serum 25(OH)D levels and hemodynamic parameters in PH patients.

All patients (n = 41) PAH (n = 12) CTEPH (n = 29)
Variables Correlation coefficient (ρ) P-value Correlation coefficient (ρ) P-value Correlation coefficient (ρ) P-value
Mean PAP -0.421 0.006 -0.055 0.866 -0.292 0.124
Mean RAP 0.044 0.784 0.067 0.836 0.124 0.521
PCWP -0.073 0.649 -0.411 0.184 0.047 0.807
PVR -0.382 0.014* -0.493 0.103 -0.250 0.190
Cardiac output 0.317 0.043* 0.609 0.035* 0.171 0.374
Cardiac index 0.213 0.207 0.405 0.192 0.041 0.847
BNP -0.155 0.334 -0.338 0.283 -0.236 0.219
6MWD 0.230 0.165 0.306 0.359 0.298 0.131

Abbreviations are defined in Table 1.

*P < 0.05 in correlation analysis with serum 25(OH)D levels.

P < 0.01 in correlation analysis with serum 25(OH)D levels.