Table 4. Association between preoperative nutritional status and indicators of myocardial performance.

Outcome	Unadjusted (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted (95% CI)	p-value
Association between preoperative total body fat mass and indicators of myocardial function.
BNP (pg/mL) *
UCSF	−47 (−77, −17)	0.004	−41 (−72, −9)	0.014
UNICAR	4 (−95, 104)	0.9	−5 (−68, 58)	0.9
Any continuous inotropic infusion(s) (hours) ** †
UCSF	−40 (−68, −11)	0.008	−29 (−51, −7)	0.012
UNICAR	−16 (−79, 46)	0.6	−14 (−68, 40)	0.6
Association between preoperative prealbumin levels and indicators of myocardial function.
BNP (pg/mL) *
UCSF	−123 (−194, −53)	0.001	−98 (−177, −18)	0.017
UNICAR	−2 (−23, 19)	0.8	−3 (−17, 11)	0.6
Duration of dopamine infusion (hours) **
UCSF	−3 (−5, −1)	0.002	−2 (−4, −1)	0.022
UNICAR	−1 (−3, −1)	0.4	−1 (−3, 1)	0.25
Association between preoperative albumin levels and indicators of myocardial function.
BNP (pg/mL) *
UCSF	−706 (−1259, −153)	0.014	−691 (−1262, −120)	0.019
UNICAR	42 (−230, 313)	0.8	123 (−50, 296)	0.15
Duration of dopamine infusion (hours) **
UCSF	−14 (−30, 2)	0.076	−11 (−25, 3)	0.12
UNICAR	−26 (−54, 3)	0.074	−15 (−38, 9)	0.2

^*Multiple linear regression for preoperative measures of nutritional status (WHO triceps skin fold-for-age Z-score (TSFZ), prealbumin level, albumin level) on preoperative plasma B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) level, adjusting for age, gender and RACHS (Risk Adjustment for Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease Score).

^**Multiple linear regression for preoperative measures of nutritional status (WHO triceps skin fold-for-age Z-score (TSFZ), prealbumin level, albumin level) on duration of inotropic infusion(s), adjusting for age, gender and cardiopulmonary bypass time (CPB).

^†Includes dopamine, milrinone, epinephrine, norepinephrine, dobutamine.

UCSF, University of California San Francisco; UNICAR, La Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala.