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Table 5 Genotype-phenotype correlation between PAH patients with and without a BMPR2 mutation

From: Genetic analyses in a cohort of 191 pulmonary arterial hypertension patients

Characteristic

PAH with a BMPR2 mutation

PAH without a BMPR2 mutation

P value

Age at diagnosis, y

27.2 ± 9.9

31.6 ± 10.5

0.0003

Female sex

38 (67.9%)

99 (76.7%)

 

NYHA I-II

27 (48.2%)

56 (43.4%)

 

NYHA III

28 (50.0%)

67 (51.9%)

 

NYHA IV

1 (1.8%)

6 (4.7%)

 

Hemodynamics at diagnosis

RAP, mmHg

5.1 ± 4.4

5.1 ± 4.2

ns

mPAP, mmHg

60.2 ± 15.3

54.9 ± 14.7

0.0321

PVR, dyn*s*cm−5

1386.2 ± 641.4

1042.1 ± 417.0

0.0024

PAWP, mmHg

6.9 ± 3.5

7.2 ± 3.5

ns

CI, L/min/m2

2.6 ± 0.9

3.0 ± 0.9

0.0017

SvO2, %

64.8 ± 8.1

69.4 ± 6.6

0.0005

Peak VO2, ml/min/Kg

11.7 ± 2.7

13.9 ± 3.6

0.0096

6-min walk distance, m

396.8 ± 106.1

427.0 ± 97.7

ns

NT-proBNP, pg/ml

1432.1 ± 1326.2

1327.4 ± 1283.9

ns

  1. Values are mean ± SD or n (%). NYHA New York Heart Association functional class, RAP right atrial pressure, mPAP mean pulmonary artery pressure, PVR pulmonary vascular resistance, PAWP pulmonary artery wedge pressure, CI cardiac index, SvO 2 mixed venous oxygen saturation, Peak VO 2 peak oxygen consumption, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide, ns no significance