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. 2024 Apr 18;15(4):505. doi: 10.3390/genes15040505

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Extracardiac Anomalies Status Across Relevant Variables.

Extracardiac Anomalies Status
Variable No Yes X2/Exact or Kruskal-Wallis Test p-Value
Sex
Female 247/443 (55.8%) 195/443 (44.2%) p = 0.3951
Male 333/570 (58.4%) 237/570 (41.6%)
Age at Consultation (Days) Mean = 13.4 (SD = 36.0)
Median = 3.0 (IQR: [1.0, 8.0])
Mean = 24.2 (SD = 58.0)
Median = 2.0 (IQR: [1.0, 14.0])
p = 0.5462
Age Group
Neonate (0–28 days) 520/880 (59.1%) 360/880 (40.9%) p = 0.0024
Infant (29 days-1 year) 60/133 (45.1%) 73/133 (54.9%)
Race/Ethnicity Group
(Self-Reported)
Asian/Pacific Island 13/25 (52.0%) 12/25 (48.0%) p = 0.2229
Black/African American 61/126 (48.4%) 65/126 (51.6%)
Hispanic/Latino 62/110 (56.4%) 48/110 (43.6%)
Other 1/3 (33.3%) 2/3 (66.7%)
White 421/707 (59.6%) 286/707 (40.5%)
Unknown/Declined 22/42 (52.4%) 20/42 (47.6%)
CHD Class
APVR 23/28 (82.1%) 5/28 (17.9%) p < 0.0001
AVSD 17/37 (45.9%) 20/37 (54.1%)
Complex 71/132 (53.8%) 61/132 (46.2%)
Conotruncal 168/249 (67.5%) 81/249 (32.5%)
Heterotaxy/Laterality Spectrum 8/73 (11.0%) 65/73 (89.0%)
LVOTO 187/260 (71.9%) 73/260 (28.1%)
RVOTO 71/98 (72.5%) 27/98 (27.6%)
Septal 35/136 (25.7%) 101/136 (74.3%)
Maternal Diabetes Status
(Gestational & Pregestational)
No/Unknown 533/925 (57.6%) 392/925 (42.4%) p = 0.2850
Yes 44/85 (51.8%) 41/85 (48.2%)
Clinical Description at Evaluation
Apparently Isolated/Non-Syndromic 526/667 (78.9%) 141/667 (21.1%) p < 0.0001
Possibly Syndromic CHD 27/242 (11.2%) 215/242 (88.8%)
Confirmed Syndrome at Evaluation 27/104 (26.0%) 77/104 (74.0%)
Consultation Time Period
2014–2018 195/313 (62.3%) 118/313 (37.7%) p = 0.0078
2019–2022 314/549 (57.2%) 235/549 (42.8%)
2023 71/151 (47.0%) 80/151 (53.0%)
Genetic Testing Ordering Strategy
None 19/22 (86.4%) 3/22 (13.6%) p < 0.0001
Prenatal Genetic Testing Only 6/32 (18.8%) 26/32 (81.3%)
Outside Hospital Genetic Testing 2/20 (10.0%) 18/20 (90.0%)
Targeted Cytogenetic Testing Only (FISH, karyotype) 17/45 (37.8%) 28/45 (62.2%)
Chromosomal Microarray (postnatal) 203/292 (69.5%) 89/292 (30.5%)
Targeted Molecular Genetic Testing Only (phenotype-specific/single-gene) 4/12 (33.3%) 8/12 (66.7%)
Chromosome Microarray + Exome-Based Gene Panel/Exome Sequencing 217/380 (57.1%) 163/380 (42.9%)
Genome Sequencing 112/210 (53.3%) 98/210 (46.7%)
Number of Genetic Tests Completed Mean = 1.4 (SD = 0.6)
Median = 1.0 (IQR: [1.0, 2.0])
Mode = 1.0
Range = 3.0
Mean = 1.6 (SD = 0.7)
Median = 2.0 (IQR: [1.0, 2.0])
Mode = 1.0
Range = 4.0
p = 0.0001
Genetic Diagnosis Identified/Confirmed
No 502/769 (65.3%) 267/769 (34.7%) p < 0.0001
Yes 78/244 (32.0%) 166/244 (68.0%)
Genetic Testing Result Types
Normal/Negative 296/451 (65.6%) 155/451 (34.4%) p < 0.0001
Inconclusive with ≥1 Variant(s) of Uncertain Significance 206/319 (64.6%) 113/319 (35.4%)
Diagnostic 78/243 (32.1%) 165/243 (67.9%)
Genetic Diagnosis Type(s)
None/Unclear 502/768 (65.4%) 266/768 (34.6%) Exact p < 0.0001
Cytogenetic 57/168 (33.9%) 111/168 (66.1%)
Molecular Genetic 20/70 (28.6%) 50/70 (71.4%)
Cytogenetic & Molecular
(>1 Diagnosis)
1/5 (20.0%) 4/5 (80.0%)
Clinical Diagnosis, with Uninformative Genetic Testing 0/2 (0.0%) 2/2 (100.0%)