Patient characteristics
| All patients n=288 | EQ-5Dindex=1 n=163 | EQ-5Dindex<1 n=125 | P value | |
| Age, years | 35.6±13.8 (288) | 33.4±12.5 (163) | 38.5±15.0 (125) | 0.002 |
| Sex, female | 41.7 (288) | 38.7 (163) | 45.6 (125) | 0.287 |
| Height, cm | 171.7±10.3 (260) | 173.0±9.5 (144) | 170.1±11.1 (116) | 0.023 |
| Weight, kg | 74.5±17.4 (235) | 75.4±18.2 (127) | 73.4±16.4 (108) | 0.377 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.1±4.7 (234) | 25.0±4.8 (127) | 25.2±4.6 (107) | 0.710 |
| Smoker | ||||
| Non-smoker or previous | 91.1 (280) | 93.7 (159) | 87.6 (121) | 0.118 |
| Active | 8.9 (280) | 6.3 (159) | 12.4 (121) | |
| Married or cohabiting yes | 47.1 (276) | 48.1 (156) | 45.8 (120) | 0.804 |
| Residency own living with parents | 79.6 (285) 18.6 (285) | 75.3 (162) 22.8 (162) | 85.4 (123) 13.0 (123) | 0.103 |
| Elementary education only | 14.3 (244) | 15.5 (148) | 12.5 (96) | 0.635 |
| Symptoms yes | 25.0 (288) | 13.5 (163) | 40.0 (125) | < 0.001 |
| Physical exercise | ||||
| <3 h/week | 80.3 (279) | 73.0 (159) | 90.0 (120) | 0.001 |
| >3 h/week | 19.7 (279) | 27.0 (159) | 10.0 (120) | |
| NYHA class I | 81.1 (249) | 93.7 (143) | 64.2 (106) | < 0.001 |
| Systolic BP, mm Hg | 119.9±16.2 (268) | 121.0±15.2 (149) | 118.4±17.2 (119) | 0.188 |
| Cardiovascular medication yes | 29.2 (285) | 19.1 (162) | 43.1 (123) | < 0.001 |
| Normal or slightly reduced right ventricular function | 90.5 (264) | 94.0 (150) | 86.0 (114) | 0.046 |
| Normal left ventricular function | 88.1 (269) | 90.8 (153) | 84.5 (116) | 0.159 |
| EQ-VAS | 79.8±18.5 (260) | 86.8±12.6 (151) | 70±20.8 (109) | < 0.001 |
| EQ-5Dindex | 0.86±0.21 (288) | 1.0±0.00 (163) | 0.68±0.21 (125) | – |
Values are mean±SD (n) or % (n). Bold font indicates p value <0.05.
BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; EQ-5D, EuroQol 5 dimensions; EQ-VAS, EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale; NYHA, New York Heart Association functional class.