TABLE 1

Stanford cohort patient characteristics in high 4-year risk and low 4-year risk groups. Continuous data are compared using a t-test and categorical variables by Chi-squared test

High 4-year riskLow 4-year riskTwo-tailed p-value
Sample size7493
Age (years)52.7±15.547.0±14.30.015
Female (%)71.675.3
Race
 White42530.992
 Asian1024
 Hispanic1111
 Black53
 Other62
PAH subtype
 Connective tissue disease25270.997
 Idiopathic PAH1927
 Drug and toxins1315
 Congenital heart disease817
 Portopulmonary hypertension84
 Hereditary PAH13
NYHA functional class
 Class I450.942
 Class II1142
 Class III4637
 Class IV139
Haemodynamics
 mPAP (mmHg)50.8±16.250.9±16.60.969
 PVR (dyn·s·cm−5)11.2±7.1411.3±6.590.925
 Cardiac index (L·min−1·m−2)2.27±0.822.24±0.670.795
 Mean right atrial pressure (mmHg)9.70±6.337.89±4.780.037
 PCWP (mmHg)12.2±5.7210.5±4.090.027
Timing from
 Diagnosis (years)3.1±3.94.5±5.40.053
 Symptom onset (years)4.4±4.86.0±5.40.051
Therapy
 Treatment-naïve23280.999
 Monotherapy2128
 Dual therapy2226
 Triple therapy811

Data are presented as n or mean±sd, unless otherwise stated. PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; NYHA: New York Heart Association; mPAP: mean pulmonary artery pressure; PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance; PCWP: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure.