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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Experience with exercise right heart catheterization in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective study

Total number of patients, n (%)

101

Female, n (%)

70 (69.3%)

Age, years

61 (52;68)

Relevant clinical diagnosis before Catheter-assessment, n (%)

Scleroderma

44 (44%)

Chronic lung disease

11 (11%)

History of pulmonary embolism

9 (9%)

Sarcoidosis

4 (4%)

HIV

3 (3%)

Other unclear dyspnea

30 (30%)

NYHA/WHO functional class, n (%)

 

Class I/II

11 (11%)/35 (35%)

Class III/IV

42 (41%)/13 (13%)

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.1 (21.9;28.2)

6 minute walking distance, m

475 (335;539)

  1. Data given as median (quartiles) or number (%). NYHA: New York Heart Association, WHO: World Health Organization.