Deprivation and prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: missing the effect of deprivation on a rare disease?

Eleni Sofianopoulou; Colin Church; Gerry Coghlan; Luke Howard; Martin Johnson; David G Kiely; Allan Lawrie; James Lordan; Martin R Wilkins; Stephen J Wort; Nicholas W Morrell; Mark R Toshner

doi:10.1183/13993003.02334-2019

Deprivation and prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: missing the effect of deprivation on a rare disease?

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 13;56(2):1902334. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02334-2019. Print 2020 Aug.

Authors

Eleni Sofianopoulou^{1

2}, Colin Church³, Gerry Coghlan⁴, Luke Howard⁵, Martin Johnson³, David G Kiely⁶, Allan Lawrie⁷, James Lordan⁸, Martin R Wilkins⁵, Stephen J Wort^{5

9}, Nicholas W Morrell^{10

11}, Mark R Toshner^{10

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Public Health and Primary Care, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK [email protected].
² Supervision of this work was shared by E. Sofianopoulou and M.R. Toshner.
³ Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
⁴ Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
⁵ Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁶ Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
⁷ Dept of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁸ University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK.
⁹ Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ Dept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹¹ NIHR BioResource - Rare Diseases, Cambridge, UK.

Abstract

No association was found between deprivation and mortality for PAH patients in England and Wales. The association found between risk stratification at baseline and deprivation suggests that the issue of deprivation and outcomes in PAH may be more nuanced. https://bit.ly/2y8WgqB

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MeSH terms

Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension / diagnosis
Humans
Prognosis
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension*
Rare Diseases
Scotland

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