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. 2020 Sep 1;159(1):337–346. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2069

Table 2.

Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics at 1 Year After Enrollment

Characteristic Patients With 1 y of Follow-up (N = 2,529)
Age, mean (SD), y 53.6 (14.3)
Sex, No. (%)
 Male 505 (20.0)
 Female 2,024 (80.0)
Race, No. (%)
 White 1,809 (71.5)
 Black 330 (13.0)
 Hispanic 228 (9.0)
 Asian or Pacific Islander 85 (3.4)
 Native American or Native Alaskan 16 (0.6)
 Other 22 (0.9)
 Unknown 39 (1.5)
WHO group I PAH subgroup, No. (%)
 Idiopathic 1,171 (46.3)
 Heritablea 74 (2.9)
 Other 18 (0.7)
PAH associated with
 Connective tissue disease 649 (25.7)
 Congenital heart disease 244 (9.6)
 Portal hypertension 139 (5.5)
 HIV 48 (1.9)
 Other 186 (7.4)
Modified NYHA or WHO FC, No. (%)b
 I 203 (8.4)
 II 1,003 (41.3)
 III 1,116 (45.9)
 IV 108 (4.4)

FC = functional class; NYHA = New York Heart Association; PAH = pulmonary arterial hypertension; WHO = World Health Organization.

a

Some, but not all, had confirmed BMPR2 or ALK1 mutations.

b

Data were missing for 99 patients.