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ArticlePulmonary circulation2026

Poverty and Social Deprivation in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-A PHAR Analysis.

Roberto J Bernardo, Di Lu, Haley Hedlin, Daniel Grinnan, Roberto F Machado, Lana Melendres-Groves, Jean M Elwing, Sandeep Sahay, Steven M Kawut, Jeffrey C Robinson and 3 more

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Roberto J BernardoIndiana University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Occupational Medicine Indianapolis Indiana USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6882-997X
Di LuQuantitative Sciences Unit Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8720-7762
Haley HedlinQuantitative Sciences Unit Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0757-7959
Daniel GrinnanVirginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Richmond Virginia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7620-6166
Roberto F MachadoIndiana University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Occupational Medicine Indianapolis Indiana USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-5954
Lana Melendres-GrovesDepartment of Medicine University of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7964-8322
Jean M ElwingDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati Ohio USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6199-1707
Sandeep SahayDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Houston Methodist Hospital Houston Texas USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0672-1680
Steven M KawutDepartment of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7896-0608
Jeffrey C RobinsonDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Oregon Health & Science University Portland Oregon USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7450-2295
Vinicio A de Jesus PerezStanford University School of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Stanford California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5532-8247
Roham T ZamanianStanford University School of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Stanford California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0734-0994
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Abstract

Poverty and social deprivation have been associated with impaired clinical outcomes and survival in several chronic diseases. The association between poverty and clinical outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains unclear. We aim to determine the association between federal poverty levels with healthcare use and clinical outcomes in PAH. Using the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry, we performed a prospective cohort analysis comparing clinical and socioeconomic characteristics in PAH patients above or below federal poverty levels. We studied the association between federal poverty levels and healthcare use patterns and transplant-free survival using a Cox proportional hazards model. A total of 1396 participants were included, 411 (29.4%) under poverty levels. The in-poverty group was mostly non-White and Hispanic, had mainly public health insurance/Medicaid (37.0% vs. 5.5%; absolute standardized difference [ASD] 0.84), lower educational attainment (17.2% vs. 45.6% college graduate or higher; ASD 0.64), lower rates of employment/retirement (27.3% vs. 71.1%; ASD 0.98), higher frequency of methamphetamine exposure (31.5% vs. 9.8%; ASD 0.57), and lower frequency of idiopathic/heritable PAH (36.0% vs. 47.8%; ASD 0.65), than the not in-poverty group. While there were no differences in severity of disease or treatment, the in-poverty group had higher incidence rate ratios of emergency room visits and hospitalizations (IRR 2.19, 95% CI 1.99-2.40, and 1.51, 95% CI 1.36-1.68, respectively). There were no differences in transplant-free survival (

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federal poverty levelPHARpovertypulmonary arterial hypertensionsocial determinants of health

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PMCPMC13404780

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