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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Mar 27;33(7):1138–1146. doi: 10.1007/s00246-012-0269-9

Table 4.

Change in Metrics of Controls and CHD Infants

Metric (change from term to three months of age)	Control Infants (Term n =36 3 month n=23)	CHD Infants (n=57)
	Mean Difference (95% confidence interval)
Change in RFH (cm)	0.53 (0.19–0.87)	0.69 (0.51–0.86)

Change in LFH (cm)	0.62 (0.29–0.95)	0.69 (0.50–0.86)

Change in BIFD (cm)	0.87 (0.65–1.08)	1.05 (0.88–1.22)

Change in BoBPD (cm)	1.29 (1.04–1.54)	1.28 (1.12–1.45)

Change in BrBPD (cm)	1.25 (1.01–1.49)	1.26 (1.08–1.43)

Change in TCD (cm)	1.33 (1.15–1.50)	1.55 (1.44–1.65)

Change in BA (cm²)	0.23 (0.02–0.44)	0.25 (0.15–0.36)