Figures
- Fig. 1—
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.
- Fig. 2—
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.
Tables
- Table 1—
Demographic profile, including type of pulmonary arterial hypertension, of the national hospitalisation cohort SMR data#
Males Females Subjectsn Ageyrs Subjectsn Ageyrs Idiopathic 66 47±12 109 49±11 Connective 19 51±10 92 52±11 Congenital 28 44±17 60 44±15 Total 113 50±13 261 52±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.
- Table 2—
Prevalence and incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension and its subtypes from three sources#
Total IPH CTD-PH CHD-PH Prevalence French 15 6.5 2.3 1.7 SMR 52 25 15 12 SPVU 26 9 10 7 Incidence French 2.4 1.0 0.4 0.3 SMR 7.1 3.3 2.1 1.7 SPVU 7.6 2.6 2.8 2.2 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.
