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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Immunol. 2018 Feb 22;48(5):874–884. doi: 10.1002/eji.201747460

Table 1. Baseline cohort characteristics.

Idiopathic PAH Healthy controls
n = 25 n = 22
Demographics
 Age, years, median (IQR) 62 (23.5) 60.5 (17)
 Female sex, n (%) 19 (76%) 15 (68.2%)
 Race, n (%)
  White 15 (60%) 15 (68.2%)
  Hispanic 6 (24%) 1 (4.5%)
  Asian/Pacific Islander 1 (4%) 5 (22.7%)
  African American 0 (0%) 1 (4.5%)
  Other 3 (12%) 0 0

Non-invasive clinical metrics
 NYHA functional class, n (%)
  Class I or II 13 (52%)
  Class III 10 (40%)
  Class IV 2 (8%)
 Six minute walk distance, m, median (IQR) 422 (207)
 NT-proBNP, pg/ml, median (IQR) 129 (398)
 DLCO, % of predicted, median (IQR) 72 (30)

RHC hemodynamic measurements
 Mean pulmonary arterial pressure, mm Hg, median (IQR) 40 (14)
 Pulmonary vascular resistance, Wood units, median (IQR) 7.75 (6.2)
 Mean right atrial pressure, mm Hg, median (IQR) 9 (6)
 Cardiac index, ml/min/m2, median (IQR) 2.19 (0.49)

Background PAH guided therapy
 Number of agents, n (%)
  Treatment naïve 8 (32%)
  Monotherapy 9 (36%)
  Dual therapy 4 (16%)
  Triple therapy 4 (16%)
 Class of agents, n (%)
  Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor 12 (48%)
  Endothelin receptor antagonist 6 (24%)
  Prostanoid 11 (44%)