Table 2.
Life expectation per congenital heart disease group according to the patient, partner of the patient, and the cardiologists and differences between expectancy of life between simple and moderate/complex congenital heart disease
| Mild CHD |
P
(patient vs. cardiologist) |
P
(patient vs. partner) |
Moderate/severe CHD |
P
(patient vs. cardiologist) |
P
(patient vs. partner) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient (n = 138) |
Partner (n = 100) |
Cardiologist (n = 138) |
Patient (n = 63) |
Partner (n = 51) |
Cardiologist (n = 63) |
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| FEMALE (n=93) | 0.622 | 0.036 | 0.001 | 0.655 | ||||||
| Same as a healthy person | 70.1% (47) | 84.9% (39) | 67.2% (45) | 65.4% (17) | 61.1% (11) | 20.0% (5) | ||||
| Mildly reduced (<10 years) |
23.9% (16) | 10.9% (5) | 25.4% (17) | 30.8% (8) | 33.3% (6) | 40.0% (10) | ||||
| Moderately reduced (<20 years) |
4.5% (3) | — | 7.5% (5) | 3.8% (1) | 5.6% (1) | 32.0% (8) | ||||
| Severely reduced (>20 years) |
1.5% (1) | 4.3% (2) | — | — | — | 8.0% (2) | ||||
| MALE (n=108) | 0.011 | 0.215 | 0.002 | 0.256 | ||||||
| Same as a healthy person | 74.6% (53) | 79.2% (42) | 53.5% (38) | 48.6% (18) | 53.1% (17) | 8.1% (3) | ||||
| Mildly reduced (<10 years) |
16.9% (12) | 16.7% (9) | 42.3% (30) | 43.2% (16) | 25.0% (8) | 56.8% (21) | ||||
| Moderately reduced (<20 years) |
5.6% (4) | 3.7% (2) | 12.8% (2) | 8.1% (3) | 18.8% (6) | 32.4% (12) | ||||
| Severely reduced (>20 years) |
2.8% (2) | — | 1.4% (1) | — | 3.1% (1) | 2.7% (1) | ||||
Stuart–Maxwell test was used to assess differences between categorical data.