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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb 15;144(1):152–159.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.016

Table 1.

A. Multivariable Model for Mortality (Total N=549, 178 deaths)
Hazard
Ratio
95% CI P-value Reliability
Early Phase
OPVR vs. No OPVR 4.75 (2.65, 8.52) <.001 88%
No HLHS vs. HLHS with AS/MS 4.00 (1.91, 8.37) <.001
No HLHS vs. HLHS with AA/MS 1.75 (0.98, 3.13) .06
No HLHS vs. HLHS with AS/MA 1.28 (0.46, 1.56) .63
No HLHS vs. HLHS with AA/MA 2.07 (1.12, 3.82) .021
Lower SES score (per 5-point decrease) 1.28 (1.06, 1.56) .012 64%
Smaller ascending aorta diameter, per mm 1.23 (1.04, 1.45) .013 63%
RVPAS vs. MBTS 56%, 55%
  Term, Aortic valve not patent 0.36 (0.22, 0.60) <.001
  Term, Aortic valve patent 0.57 (0.49, 1.47) .52
  Preterm, Aortic valve not patent 1.25 (0.66, 2.38) .49
  Preterm, Aortic valve patent 2.97 (1.43, 6.19) .004
Constant Phase
Lower Gestational age, per wk 1.56 (1.28, 1.90) <.001 50%
Genetic syndrome present vs. 9.34 (3.07, 28.40) <.001 55%
None
Genetic syndrome unknown vs. 4.74 (2.10, 10.72) <.001 78%
None
RVPAS vs. MBTS* 1.10 (0.43, 2.83) .85 78%
B. Additional Pairwise Anatomic Diagnosis Comparisons from Multivariable Model for Death in Table 1A.
Comparison Hazard Ratio 95% CI P-value
AS/MS vs.
AA/MA 0.52 (0.23, 1.15) .11
AA/MS 0.44 (0.20, 0.95) .04
AS/MA 0.32 (0.10, 1.00) .05
AA/MA vs.
AA/MS 0.84 (0.54, 1.31) .46
AS/MA 0.62 (0.23, 1.67) .35
AA/MS vs. AS/MA 0.73 (0.27, 1.98) .54

AA = aortic atresia; AS = aortic stenosis; HLHS = hypoplastic left heart syndrome; MA = mitral atresia; MBTS = modified Blalock-Taussig shunt; RVPAS = right ventricle-to-pulmonary-artery shunt; MS = mitral stenosis; OPVR = obstructed pulmonary venous return; SES = socioeconomic score

**

Shunt type forced into model

AA = aortic atresia; AS = aortic stenosis; MA = mitral atresia; MS = mitral stenosis