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Table 2 Clinical characteristics at diagnosis

From: Hemodynamic and genetic analysis in children with idiopathic, heritable, and congenital heart disease associated pulmonary arterial hypertension

Baseline parameters

 

I/HPAH

CHD-APAH

 

Mutation carriers

Non carriers

n

 

29

11

 

10

30

Female/male ratio

 

18/11

7/4

 

5/5

20/10

Baseline and hemodynamic parameters

 

p-value

Mean ± SD

95% CI for the mean

Mean ± SD

95% CI for the mean

p-value

Mean ± STD

95% CI for the mean

Mean ± STD

95% CI for the mean

Age of onset at first symptoms (years)

0.974

4.4 ± 3.9

3.0-5.9

4.5 ± 3.9

2.1-6.8

0.419

5.3 ± 4.1

2.8-7.8

4.1 ± 3.8

2.8-5.5

Age at diagnosis by RHC (years)

0.352

5,2 ± 4.3

3.1-7.3

6.9 ± 4.7

4.0-9.8

0.503

7.1 ± 4.1

3.5-10.7

5.6 ± 4.5

4.7-7.5

Heart rate per minute

0.744

98 ± 35

79-118

94 ± 15

84-105

0.776

93.4 ± 21.3

74.7-112.1

97.8 ± 31.3

82.4-113.1

Oxygen Saturation (%)

0.140

95.0 ± 6.5

91.6-98.4

81.8 ± 31.8

61.0-102.5

0.448

97.3 ± 2.2

95.1-99.4

88.3 ± 22.7

78.1-98.5

PASP (mm Hg)

0.799

87.3 ± 49.4

61.4-113.2

82.1 ± 23.8

65.5-99.7

0.275

64.5 ± 5.7

58.9-70.1

90.5 ± 45.4

69.0-112.1

PADP (mm Hg)

0.939

38.9 ± 26.1

24.7-53.1

39.8 ± 16.1

26.9-52.8

0.169

25.0 ± 11.1

14.1-35.9

43.0 ± 24.0

30.9-55.2

PAMP (mm Hg)

0.864

58.0 ± 33.0

40.0-76.0

55.5 ± 16.3

42.4-68.6

0.298

43.6 ± 6.6

37.3-50.2

60.8 ± 31.0

45.1-76.5

PCWP (mm Hg)

0.691

6.9 ± 3.3

5.1-8.8

6.2 ± 3.5

3.1-9.3

0.691

6.0 ± 4.4

1.1-10.9

6.9 ± 3.1

5.2-8.5

SASP (mm Hg)

0.998

93.7 ± 14.1

86.3-101.1

93.7 ± 13.0

85.7-101.8

0.871

94.6 ± 8.7

87.0-102.2

93.5 ± 14.5

87.0-100.0

SADP (mm Hg)

0.853

52.1 ± 16.2

43.6-60.6

53.1 ± 6.8

48.7-57.3

0.295

58.0 ± 5.4

53.2-62.8

51.1 ± 14.0

44.8-57.4

Cardiac Index (L/min/m2)

0.563

3.3 ± 1.1

2.6-3.9

3.7 ± 0.8

2.8-4.5

0.644

3.6 ± 1.1

2.6-4.7

3.3 ± 1.0

2.7-3.9

PVRI (Wood U*m2)

0.461

18.6 ± 16.1

9.8-27.4

12.9 ± 6.2

7.5-18.3

0.179

8.5 ± 2.5

6.1-10.9

19.4 ± 15.2

11.5-27.4

PVR (dyn*s*cm5)

0.804

2012.2 ± 1788.8

1039.8-2984.5

1795.4 ± 1038.8

884.9-2705.9

0.014*

927.0 ± 284.4

1039.8-2984.5

2244.8 ± 1692.5

884.9-2705.9

  1. Values are mean ± Standard Deviation = SD; RHC right heart catheterization, CI confidence interval, PASP pulmonary arterial systolic pressure, PAMP mean pulmonary arterial pressure, PADP diastolic pulmonary arterial pressure; PCWP pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; SASP Systemic systolic arterial pressure; SADP systemic diastolic arterial pressure, PVRI pulmonary vascular resistance index.
  2. * p < 0.05.