Table 3.

Replies to questions concerning age at which minors should be able to make decisions on a variety of medical conditions (invasive cardiac surgery and cosmetic surgery).

	Invasive Cardiac Surgery			Cosmetic Surgery
	Minors N (%)	Father/ Mothers N (%)	p	Minors N (%)	Father/ Mothers N (%)	p
18 years	214 (71.0)	217 (71.8)	0.857	233 (77.1)	257 (85.1)	0.017 a
16 years	54 (17.9)	45 (15.0)	0.379	42 (13.9)	12 (4.0)	0.000 b
14 years	9 (3.0)	9 (3.0)	1	12 (4.0)	9 (3.0)	0.658
12 years	9 (3.0)	12 (4.0)	0.658	9 (3.0)	3 (1.0)	0.142
No answer	15 (5.0)	18 (6.0)	0.721	6 (2.0)	21 (6.9)	0.005

All comparisons were made analyzing the responses of the children to those of the parents. The p value was determined using Fisher’s exact test two-sided. p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. ^a OR 0.591; 95% CI: 0.390–0.896; ^b OR 3.904; 95% CI: 2.012–7.576.