Comparison of Body Habitus in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Enrolled in the Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-term PAH Disease Management With Normative Values From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and pulmonary artery systolic pressure in a large population of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PATIENTS AND METHODS The BMI of patients with group 1 PAH enrolled in the Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-te...

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Published in:Mayo Clinic proceedings 2011-02, Vol.86 (2), p.105-112
Main Authors: Burger, Charles D., MD, Foreman, Aimee J., MA, Miller, Dave P., MS, Safford, Robert E., MD, PhD, McGoon, Michael D., MD, Badesch, David B., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Development and progression
Diagnosis
Female
General aspects
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary - epidemiology
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Obesity - epidemiology
Original
Physiological aspects
Pneumology
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension. Acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary vascular diseases
Thinness - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and pulmonary artery systolic pressure in a large population of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PATIENTS AND METHODS The BMI of patients with group 1 PAH enrolled in the Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-term PAH Disease Management (REVEAL) was compared with that of age- and sex-matched controls in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to clarify whether obesity is linked with PAH. The diagnosis of PAH was defined in REVEAL by right-sided heart catheterization. Differences in BMI and the percentage of patients considered obese (BMI ≥30) and underweight (BMI
ISSN:0025-6196
1942-5546
DOI:10.4065/mcp.2010.0394