TABLE 1

Patient characteristics

All (1745)(I/D/H)PAH (n=994)CTD-PAH (n=751)p-value
Female sex %736682<0.0001
Age at diagnosis years59±1755±1864±13<0.0001
Incident patients % (n=618)352944<0.0001
FEV1 % predicted (n=1457)82±2184±1980±230.0001
FVC % predicted (n=1459)92±2395±2089±27<0.0001
FEV1/FVC (n=1459)73±1374±1373±140.078
Mean RAP mmHg (n=1503)9±610±68±5<0.0001
Mean PAP mmHg(n=1573)48±1353±1341±11<0.0001
PAWP mmHg (n=1496)9±49±49±30.56
PVR Wood units (n=1378)10.5±5.812.0±5.78.7±5.4<0.0001
Cardiac output L·min−1 (n=1465)4.2±1.54.0±1.54.3±1.5<0.0005
Cardiac index L·min−1·m−2 (n=1305)2.4±0.82.2±0.82.5±0.8<0.0001
EmPHasis-10 score29 (18–38)28 (17–37)30 (19–38)0.001
WHO functional class# % (n=1725)
 Class I341
 Class II232620
 Class III615767
 Class IV131312
6MWD# (n=659)310 (180–408)340 (192–432)241 (141–360)<0.0001
ISWD# (n=797)150 (70–270)160 (80–350)140 (60–228)0.001

Data are presented as n, mean±sd, or median (1st–3rd quartile). PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; CTD: connective tissue disease; IPAH: idiopathic PAH; DPAH: drug-induced PAH; HPAH: heritable PAH; CTD-PAH: CTD-associated PAH; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital capacity; RAP: right atrial pressure; PAP: pulmonary arterial pressure; PAWP: pulmonary arterial wedge pressure; PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance; WHO: World Health Organization; 6MWD: 6-min walk distance; ISWD: incremental shuttle walk distance; sd: standard deviation. #: variables were recorded at the time of baseline emPHasis-10 measurement (other variables were recorded at diagnosis). Baseline 6MWD and ISWD were available in 38% and 46% of patients, respectively, with no overlap.