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. 2018 Jan 26;13:385–397. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S152971

Table 4.

Determinants of PVR in CTEPH patients by sex

Sex Independent predictors R2 Standardized β 95% CI
P-value
Lower Upper
Male (n=33) Nadir VE/VCO2 0.607 0.779 0.145 0.265 <0.001
Female (n=40) OUEP 0.224 −0.473 −0.727 −0.175 0.002

Abbreviations: CTEPH, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; OUEP, oxygen uptake efficiency plateau; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; VE/VCO2, minute ventilation/carbon dioxide output.