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Table 1 Baseline characteristic of subject

From: The effect of oral sildenafil therapy on health-related quality of life in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension related to uncorrected secundum atrial septal defect: a quasi experimental study

Variable

 

Value (n = 18)

Age (years)

Mean ± SD

38.72 ± 10.81

Gender

Female, n (%)

15 (83.33)

Male, n (%)

3 (16.67)

WHO Functional Class

II, n (%)

13 (72.22)

III, n (%)

5 (27.78)

Marital Status

Not married, n (%)

3 (16.67)

Married, with children, n (%)

10 (55.56)

Married, no children, n (%)

3 (16.67)

Widowed, n (%)

2 (11.11)

Occupation

Housewives, n (%)

11 (61.11)

Civil servant, n (%)

2 (11.11)

Private employee, n (%)

3 (16.67)

College student, n (%)

1 (5.56)

Unemployed, n (%)

1 (5.56)

Comorbid disease

None, n (%)

16 (88.89)

Present, n (%)

2 (11.11)

Other therapy

No therapy, n (%)

10 (55.56)

Furosemide, n (%)

8 (44.44)

Digoxin, n (%)

7 (38.89)

Spironolactone, n (%)

1 (5.56)

Warfarin, n (%)

1 (5.56)

Aspirin, n (%)

1 (5.56)

  1. SD Standard Deviation