Lower Socioeconomic Status Is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Wu, Wenhui; Yang, Lu; Peng, Fu-Hua; Yao, Jing; Zou, Liling; Liu, Dong; Jiang, Xin; Li, Jue; Gao, Lan; Qu, Jieming; M. Kawut, Steven; Jing, Zhi‐Cheng

doi:10.1164/rccm.201207-1290oc

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Lower Socioeconomic Status Is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Dec 7, 2012

Authors:

Wenhui Wu

Lu Yang

Fu-Hua Peng

Abstract

RATIONALE: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) confers a heightened risk of common cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and increased mortality. The association of SES with outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is less clear. OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between S...

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Medicine

Hazard ratio

Confidence interval

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