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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2013 Jul 17;128(9):10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000488. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000488

Table 1.

Univariate predictors of intervention for re-coarctation by 12 months

n Overall
(N=449)
Re-
coarctation
(N=97)
No Re-
coarctation
(N=452)
HR p
Demographic Features
Gestational age (weeks) 549 38.2 ± 1.6 38.1 ± 1.5 38.2 ± 1.6 0.96 0.56
Birth weight (grams) 549 3103 ± 541 3058 ± 478 3113 ± 554 1.0 0.14
Age at Norwood (days) 549 5.8 ± 4.1 4.8 ± 3.3 6.0 ± 4.2 0.94 0.08
Race 544 95 439 0.16
    White 436 (80.2) 80 (84.2) 356 (81.1) 0.95
    Black 86 (15.8) 13 (13.7) 73 (16.6) 0.88
    Asian 10 (1.8) 2 (2.1) 8 (2.0) Ref
Hispanic 539 95 444 0.94 0.84
    Yes 101 (18.7) 20 (21.3) 81 (18.2)
Morphologic Features
HLHS subtype 480 87 393 0.47
  Mitral atresia/Aortic atresia 209 (43.5) 42 (48.3) 167 (42.5) 1.43
  Mitral stenosis/Aortic atresia 138 (28.8) 19 (21.8) 119 (30.3) 1.16
  Mitral atresia/Aortic stenosis 23 (4.8) 6 (6.9) 17 (4.3) 1.92
  Mitral stenosis/Aortic stenosis 110 (22.9) 20 (23.0) 90 (22.9) Ref
Aortic atresia 480 347 (72.3) 61 (70.1) 286 (72.8) 1.02 0.47
Native ascending aorta diameter 527 97 430 0.59 0.03
      > 2mm 98 (18.6) 24 (24.7) 74 (17.2)
Surgical Variables
Bypass time (minutes) 549 144 ± 54 137 ± 50 145 ± 55 1.0 0.65
Coarctectomy 548 96 452 1.1 0.63
      Yes 184 (33.6) 30 (31.2) 154 (34.1)
Shunt type (Intention to treat) 549 97 452
      RV-PA shunt 274 (49.9) 56 (42.2) 218 (48.3) 1.2 0.32
      MBTS 275 (50.1) 41 (57.8) 234 (51.7) Ref
Shunt type (actual shunt received) 549 97 452
      RV-PA shunt 281 (51.2) 60 (61.9) 221 (48.9) 1.3 0.19
      MBTS 268 (48.8) 37 (38.1) 231 (51.1) Ref
Echo Variables (Stage I Discharge)
Peak arch gradient (mm Hg) 355 11.2 ± 7.9 14.9 ± 1.1 10.2 ± 6.5 1.06 <0.01
Distal arch diameter (mm) 442 6.3 ± 1.5 5.9 ± 1.6 6.4 ± 1.5 0.18 0.04
RV end-diastolic volume (mL/BSA1.3) 309 93 ± 50 93 ± 32 93 ± 24 1.0 0.61
RV end-systolic volume (mL/BSA1.3) 309 50 ± 17 49 ± 21 50 ± 16 1.0 0.89
RV fractional area change (%) 376 37 ± 7 37 ± 8 37 ± 7 1.5 0.61

Data represent n ± 1 SD or n (%), HLHS represents Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, RV represents right ventricle. Hazard ratios are from univariate Cox proportional hazards models.