Table 4.
Determinants of PVR in CTEPH patients by sex
Sex | Independent predictors | R2 | Standardized β | 95% CI
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P-value | |
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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.