Table 1 Study characteristics of the population.

From: Plasma proteomic profiling in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) reveals new disease pathways

Characteristics

POTS (n = 65)

Healthy controls (n = 65)

p-value

Mean age, years ± SD (age range)

30 ± 9.8 (17–61)

31 ± 9.8 (16–62)

0.37

Female, n (%)

55 (84.6)

52 (80.0)

0.49

Systolic BP supine, mmHg ± SD

116.1 ± 12.6

112.8 ± 10.3

0.11

Diastolic BP supine, mmHg ± SD

71.7 ± 8.8

67.9 ± 7.9

0.01

Heart rate supine, bpm ± SD

70.5 ± 11.6

62.9 ± 10.1

< 0.001

Heart rate 5 min standing, bpm ± SD

108.7 ± 17.4

82.7 ± 12.7

< 0.001

  1. BP blood pressure, bpm beats per minute, POTS postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, SD standard deviation.
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