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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Sep 2;36(2):393–401. doi: 10.1007/s00246-014-1020-5

Table 4. Derivation of predictive equations.

Peak variables

Peak VO2 Maximum work Max O2 pulse
Initial model Age at exercise, height, weight, gender, fenestration, dominant ventricle Age at exercise, height, weight, gender, fenestration, dominant ventricle Age at exercise, weight, height, gender, dominant ventricle
Covariate removed
 Step 1 Dominant ventricle* Dominant ventricle* Age at exercise*
 Step 2 Age at exercise* Fenestration* Dominant ventricle*
 Step 3 Fenestration* Age at exercise*
Covariates in final model Gender, height, weight Gender, height, weight Gender, height, weight

Anaerobic threshold variables

VO2 at AT Work at AT O2 pulse at AT

Initial model Age at exercise, height, weight, gender Ventricular looping, gender, weight, height, age at exercise, dominant ventricle, fenestration Ventricular looping, gender, weight, height, age at exercise, dominant ventricle, fenestration
Covariate removed
 Step 1 Weight* Dominant ventricle* Ventricular looping*
 Step 2 Age at exercise* Age at exercise* Age at exercise*
 Step 3 Weight* Fenestration*
 Step 4 Ventricular looping** Dominant ventricle*
Covariates in final model Gender, height Height, gender, fenestration Gender, height, weight

Ventilatory equivalents at anaerobic threshold

VE/VCO2 at AT VE/VO2 at AT

Initial model Ventricular looping, weight, height, age at exercise, dominant ventricle, fenestration Ventricular looping, weight, height, age at exercise, dominant ventricle, fenestration
Covariate removed
 Step 1 Height* Height*
 Step 2 Dominant ventricle* Age at exercise*
 Step 3 Age at exercise* Dominant ventricle*
Covariates in final model Weight, ventricular looping, fenestration Weight, ventricular looping, fenestration
*

Removed due to partial R2 < 0.02 and p value > 0.05

**

Removed due to p value > 0.05