Table 1 Omparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with and without pulmonary hypertension
Clinical characteristics | Patients with PH (n = 85) | Patients without PH (n = 415) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (y) | 31.7 ± 10.6 | 31.5 ± 10.1 | 0.8 |
Sex (n) | 62 M, 23 F | 305 M, 110 F | 0.8 |
Duration of dialysis therapy (months) | 50.8 | 38.5 | 0.008 |
COPD (%) | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Tobacco smoking (%) | 29.4 | 25.8 | 0.5 |
Diabetes mellitus (%) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
Hypertension (%) | 69.4 | 61.2 | 0.1 |
Echocardiographic Data | |||
IVS (cm) | 1.49 ± 1.38 | 1.29 ± 0.68 | 0.03 |
PW (cm) | 1.48 ± 1.28 | 1.30 ± 0.81 | 0.09 |
LV, diastole (cm) | 4.9 ± 0.5 | 4.7 ± 2.0 | 0.3 |
LV, systole (cm) | 3.2 ± 0.5 | 3.1 ± 0.5 | 0.8 |
Right ventricle (cm) | 3.3 ± 0.5 | 3.2 ± 0.4 | 0.8 |
Left atrium (cm) | 4.0 ± 0.7 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | < 0.0001 |
Right atrium (cm) | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 3.3 ± 0.4 | < 0.0001 |
Diastolic dysfunction (%) | 18.8 | 21.4 | 0.6 |
Systolic dysfunction (%) | 22.4 | 13.5 | 0.04 |
LV Ejection fraction (%) | 49.7 ± 7.9 | 52.3 ± 6.9 | 0.002 |
Left ventricular hypertrophy (%) | 78.8 | 59.8 | 0.001 |