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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Jan 9;56(3):614–620. doi: 10.1002/ppul.24637

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of child- vs adult-onset PAH cases at diagnosis.

Data from the National Biological Sample and Data Repository for PAH (n=2572 cases) (Zhu et al 2019 #8). Child-onset, <18 years of age at diagnosis. MPAP, mean pulmonary artery pressure; CO, cardiac output; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; dx, diagnosis.

Group Age at dx (y) MPAP (mmHg) CO, Fick (L/min) PVR (Woods units)
Child (n=226) 8 ± 6 (226) 55 ± 18 (225) 3.3 ± 1.6 (168) 17.7 ± 11.6 (164)
Adult (n=2345) 52 ± 19 (2345) 50 ± 14 (2293) 4.6 ± 1.7 (1630) 10.0 ± 5.9 (1579)
P-value <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001