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An epidemiological study of pulmonary arterial hypertension

A. J. Peacock, N. F. Murphy, J. J. V. McMurray, L. Caballero, S. Stewart
European Respiratory Journal 2007 30: 104-109; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092306
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    Incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Scotland and France from three sources. □: French national registry; ░: Scottish hospitalisation records (Scottish Morbidity Record); ▪: Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit database. IPH: idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PH); FPH: familial PH; CTD-PH: connective tissue disease-associated PH; CHD-PH: congenital heart disease-associated PH; PPHTN: portopulmonary hypertension; APH: PH associated with other diseases or things, in this case anorexigen; HIV-PH: HIV-associated PH.

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    Prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Scotland and France from three sources. □: French national registry; ░: Scottish hospitalisation records (Scottish Morbidity Record); ▪: Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit database. IPH: idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PH); FPH: familial PH; CTD-PH: connective tissue disease-associated PH; CHD-PH: congenital heart disease-associated PH; PPHTN: portopulmonary hypertension; APAH: PH associated with other diseases or things, in this case anorexigen; HIV-PH: HIV-associated PH.

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    Demographic profile, including type of pulmonary arterial hypertension, of the national hospitalisation cohort SMR data#

    MalesFemales
    SubjectsnAgeyrsSubjectsnAgeyrs
    Idiopathic6647±1210949±11
    Connective1951±109252±11
    Congenital2844±176044±15
    Total11350±1326152±12
    • Data are presented as mean±sd, unless otherwise stated. SMR: Scottish Morbidity Record. #: Scottish males and females aged 16–65 yrs who were discharged from a Scottish hospital for the first time during the period 1986–2001.

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    Prevalence and incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension and its subtypes from three sources#

    TotalIPHCTD-PHCHD-PH
    Prevalence
     French156.52.31.7
     SMR52251512
     SPVU269107
    Incidence
     French2.41.00.40.3
     SMR7.13.32.11.7
     SPVU7.62.62.82.2
    • Data are presented as cases per million population and annual cases per million population for prevalence and incidence, respectively. IPH: idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PH); CTD-PH: connective tissue disease-associated PH; CHD-PH: congenital heart disease-associated PH; SMR: Scottish Morbidity Record; SPVU: Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit. #: SMR, SPVU database and the French national registry.

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A. J. Peacock, N. F. Murphy, J. J. V. McMurray, L. Caballero, S. Stewart
European Respiratory Journal Jul 2007, 30 (1) 104-109; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092306

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A. J. Peacock, N. F. Murphy, J. J. V. McMurray, L. Caballero, S. Stewart
European Respiratory Journal Jul 2007, 30 (1) 104-109; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092306
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