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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Associations of 2D speckle tracking echocardiography-based right heart deformation parameters and invasively assessed hemodynamic measurements in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Characteristic

All (n = 78)

PH (n = 45)

Non-PH (n = 33)

p-value

Number of patients, n (%)

78

45 (57.7)

33 (42.3)

 

Age, years

72.6 ± 12.8

75.1 ± 11.5

69.3 ± 13.9

0.049

Gender female/male, n (%)

17 (22.0) / 61 (78.0)

16 (35.6) / 29 (64.4)

32 (97.0)/ 1 (3.0)

0.001

BMI, kg/m2

26.0 (24.0–29.4)

26.7 (24.0–29.5)

24.9 (24.0–27.8)

0.107

Heart rate, /min

71.0 ± 12.3

72.6 ± 13.4

68.8 ± 10.2

0.181

SBP, mmHg

137.0 (118.7–150.0)

137.0 (116.0–149.0)

137.0 (121.5–153.5)

0.671

DBP, mmHg

68.4 ± 12.3

68.9 ± 13.3

67.8 ± 11.1

0.693

AF, n (%)

21 (26.9)

16 (35.6)

5 (15.2)

0.045

Diabetes, n (%)

23 (29.5)

17 (37.8)

6 (18.2)

0.061

Arterial hypertension, n (%)

56 (71.8)

35 (77.8)

21 (63.6)

0.170

CAD, n (%)

33 (42.3)

24 (53.3)

9 (27.3)

0.021

Previous MI, n (%)

13 (16.7)

10 (22.2)

3 (9.1)

0.124

Previous CABG, n (%)

7 (9.0)

6 (13.3)

1 (3.0)

0.116

Previous TIA/stroke, n (%)

5 (6.4)

3 (6.7)

2 (6.1)

0.914

PAD, n (%)

8 (10.3)

6 (13.3)

2 (6.1)

0.296

Previous bAVR, n (%)

4 (5.1)

3 (6.7)

1 (3.0)

0.472

PM, n (%)

14 (17.9)

10 (22.2)

4 (12.1)

0.251

ICD, n (%)

2 (2.6)

2 (4.4)

0

0.220

COPD, n (%)

16 (20.5)

13 (28.9)

3 (9.1)

0.032

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD, median with IQR or absolute numbers and respective percentages. AF, atrial fibrillation; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; CAD, coronary artery disease; MI, myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; TIA, transient ischemic attack; PAD, peripheral artery disease; bAVR, bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement; PM, pace maker; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.