Table 2 Comparing groups of patients with or without pulmonary HTN regarding demographic data and ESS (n = 100)
|  | Total (n = 100) | Pulmonary HTN | Test of sig | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (n = 22) | Yes (n = 78) | |||||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | |||
Sex | ||||||||
 Male | 66 | 66.0 | 16 | 72.7 | 50 | 64.1 | χ2 = 0.569 | 0.451 |
 Female | 34 | 34.0 | 6 | 27.3 | 28 | 35.9 | ||
Age (years) | ||||||||
 Min.–max | 33.0–70.0 | 33.0–60.0 | 36.0–70.0 | t = 2.489* | 0.015* | |||
 Mean ± SD | 53.04 ± 8.45 | 49.18 ± 8.63 | 54.13 ± 8.12 | |||||
 Median (IQR) | 53.0 (49.0–58.0) | 53.0 (42.0–55.0) | 53.0 (49.0–60.0) | |||||
BMI | ||||||||
 Overweight | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 27.3 | 0 | 0.0 | χ2 = 17.654* | MCp < 0.001* |
 Obese | 90 | 90.0 | 16 | 72.7 | 74 | 94.9 | ||
 Morbid obese | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5.1 | ||
 Min.–max | 25.50–40.96 | 25.50–36.70 | 30.44–40.96 | t = 7.350* |  < 0.001* | |||
 Mean ± SD | 34.69 ± 3.10 | 31.23 ± 3.07 | 35.66 ± 2.32 | |||||
 Median (IQR) | 35.4 (32.4–36.8) | 31.20 (29.0–32.40) | 35.99 (34.2–37.1) | |||||
ESS | ||||||||
 Normal (≤ 10) | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 9.1 | 4 | 5.1 | χ2 = 0.478 | FEp = 0.610 |
 Abnormal (> 10) | 94 | 94.0 | 20 | 90.9 | 74 | 94.9 | ||
Min.–max | 10.0–20.0 | 10.0–20.0 | 10.0–20.0 | t = 2.241* | 0.027* | |||
Mean ± SD | 13.90 ± 2.62 | 12.82 ± 2.79 | 14.21 ± 2.50 | |||||
Median (IQR) | 14.0 (12.0–16.0) | 12.0 (11.0–13.0) | 14.0 (12.0–16.0) | |||||