Socioeconomic factors
| All | PAH | CTEPH | |
| Subjects n | 571 | 384 | 187 |
| Age years | 61±16 | 58±16 | 67±14 |
| Age men years | 64±15 | 60±15 | 68±14 |
| Age women years | 60±17 | 58±17 | 67±15 |
| Sex (women) | 349 (61) | 269 (70) | 80 (43) |
| Time since diagnosis years | 4.6±4.2 | 4.8±4.4 | 4.2±3.3 |
| Highest level of education | |||
| Primary school | 147 (26) | 97 (25) | 50 (27) |
| High school | 264 (47) | 183 (48) | 81 (43) |
| College/University | 147 (26) | 93 (24) | 54 (29) |
| Occupation | |||
| Working | 152 (27) | 103 (27) | 49 (26) |
| <65/≥65 years | 135 (89)/17 (11) | 98 (95)/5 (5) | 37 (76)/12 (24) |
| Men/women | 62 (41)/90 (59) | 30 (29)/73 (71) | 32 (65)/17 (35) |
| Not working | 419 (73) | 281 (73) | 138 (73) |
| <65/≥65 years | 149 (36)/270 (64) | 126 (45)/155 (55) | 23 (17)/115 (83) |
| Men/women | 161 (38)/258 (62) | 85 (30)/196 (70) | 76 (55)/62 (45) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/registered partner | 257 (45) | 164 (43) | 93 (50) |
| Not married/divorced/widowed | 314 (55) | 220 (57) | 94 (50) |
| Number of households with children living at home | |||
| 0 children in household | 447 (78) | 286 (74) | 161 (86) |
| 1 child in household | 70 (12) | 56 (15) | 14 (7) |
| 2 children in household | 38 (7) | 32 (8) | 6 (3) |
| ≥3 children in household | 16 (3) | 10 (3) | 6 (3) |
| Number of individual children in different age groups living at home | |||
| 0–6 years | 31 (19) | 25 (19) | 6 (18) |
| 7–19 years | 80 (48) | 67 (51) | 13 (38) |
| ≥20 years | 55 (33) | 40 (30) | 15 (44) |
| Disposable income (kSEK)# | |||
| Individual | 202±137 | 193±134 | 221±142 |
| Men | 234±157 | 219±166 | 249±146 |
| Women | 181±118 | 181±116 | 182±126 |
| Household | 340±274 | 337±290 | 346±239 |
| Men | 361±233 | 352±239 | 371±227 |
| Women | 327±297 | 331±309 | 313±251 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; CTEPH: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. #: Average disposable income in Sweden 2016–17 was 360 kSEK (www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/household-finances/income-and-income-distribution/income-and-tax-statistics/pong/tables-and-graphs/income-households-the-entire-country/disposable-income-by-type-of-household-2011–2017/).