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. 2015 May;135(5):816–825. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3825

TABLE 1.

Demographic and Preoperative Characteristics and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes by Cardiac Class

Variable Overall (n = 1770) Class I (n = 878) Class II (n = 114) Class III (n = 106) Class IV (n = 672) P
Demographic and preoperative characteristics
 Cardiac diagnosis
  TGA/IVS 13.3 26.5 1.8 0 0
  TGA/VSD 6.8 13.3 3.5 0 0
  TOF 9.4 18.7 0 1.9 0
  TOF/PA 1.3 1.8 0 6.6 0
  TAPVC 3.2 6.3 0 0.9 0
  VSD without IAA/coarctation 8.4 16.9 0 0 0
  VSD with IAA/coarctation 3.1 0 47.4 0 0.2
  AVC defects 3.1 5.4 5.3 0.9 0
  HLHS 31.0 0 0 0 81.7
  Other functional single ventricle anomaly 11.5 0 0 76.4 18.2
  Other 9.0 11.2 42.1 13.2 0
 Birth weight (kg) 3.2 (0.6) 3.2 (0.7) 3.2 (0.6) 3.1 (0.6) 3.3 (0.5) .10
 Gestational age (wk) 38.7 (1.9) 38.8 (2.1) 38.9 (1.8) 38.4 (1.7) 38.5 (1.5) <.001
 Race <.001
  White 84.0 83.7 82.5 76.4 85.9
  Black 7.6 5.6 9.6 13.2 9.1
  Other 8.4 10.7 7.9 10.4 5.1
 Hispanic ethnicity 7.7 4.9 2.6 10.5 11.9 <.001
 Female gender 38.5 40.1 44.7 36.8 35.6 .15
 Maternal education <.001
  Graduate school 11.3 11.9 11.4 9.4 10.9
  Completed college 24.4 26.3 28.9 5.7 24.1
  High school and/or some college 38.8 38.7 33.3 34.0 40.5
  Less than high school 8.3 8.5 9.6 3.8 8.5
  Missing or not specified 17.2 14.6 16.7 47.2 16.1
 Genetic anomaly <.001
  Normal or not specified 85.1 86.9 69.3 93.4 84.2
  Suspected genetic or major extracardiac 6.6 2.9 6.1 1.9 12.2
  Definite genetic 8.3 10.3 24.6 4.7 3.6
 Prenatal diagnosis 38.5 16.1 28.4 49.2 70.0 <.001
 Preoperative mechanical ventilation 35.2 28.6 39.5 41.4 55.1 <.001
 Neonate (age ≤30 d) at time of surgery 71.9 53.1 80.7 53.8 97.8 <.001
Neurodevelopmental outcomes
 Age at assessment (mo) 14.5 (3.7) 14.4 (3.9) 15.6 (5.2) 14.3 (4.0) 14.6 (3.1) <.001
 BSID-II
  PDI 77.6 (18.8) 80.6 (18.3) 79.2 (20.3) 76.3 (17.8) 73.7 (18.7) <.001
   ≤85 63.5 57.7 62.9 73.8 69.4 <.001
   ≤70 36.8 30.0 31.4 36.9 46.4 <.001
  MDI 88.2 (16.7) 88.3 (16.1) 86.0 (17.3) 90.5 (14.8) 88.0 (17.6) .24
   ≤85 36.1 34.8 40.4 26.4 38.7 .05
   ≤70 15.3 13.8 20.2 12.3 17.0 .12

Values are expressed as % or mean (SD). Missing <10% of sample except prenatal diagnosis (n = 1541) and preoperative mechanical ventilation (n = 1305). P values were determined by χ2 tests for categorical variables and Kruskal–Wallis tests for continuous variables except the BSID measures, for which analysis of variance was used. Class I, 2 ventricles with no aortic arch obstruction; Class II, 2 ventricles with aortic arch obstruction; Class III, single ventricle with no arch obstruction; and Class IV, single ventricle with arch obstruction. AVC, atrioventricular canal; IAA, interrupted aortic arch; TAPVC, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.