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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2016 Apr 23;174:193–198.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.03.048

Table IV.

Patient characteristics and neurodevelopmental outcomes for patients without a genetic anomaly by hypoglycemia status*

Moderate to severe hypoglycemia (N = 8) No to mild hypoglycemia (N = 159) P value
Patient characteristics
    Age at surgery, mo 1.7 ± 3.7 3.1 ± 2.8 .18
    ≤60 days 7 (88) 67 (42) .02
    RACHS-1 category ≥3 or not assignable 8 (100) 84 (53) .009
    Single ventricle physiology 1 (13) 37 (23) .68
    Premature birth (<37 weeks) 3 (38) 15 (9) .04
    Maternal education: high school diploma or lower 1 (13) 50 (32) .44
    Duration of cardiopulmonary bypass ≥ 150 minutes 2 (25) 29 (18) .63
    Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest 1 (13) 35 (22) .69
    Delayed sternal closure 1 (13) 22 (14) 1.0
    Tight glycemic control group 7 (88) 74 (47) .03
    Cardiac ICU duration of stay, d .02
        <2 0 45 (28)
        2-4.99 2 (25) 62 (39)
        ≥5 6 (75) 52 (33)
Bayley-III scores
    Age at testing, mo 14.2 ± 2.7 13.3 ± 1.8 .04
    Composite scores
        Cognitive 95.0 ± 10.7 104.7 ± 11.5 .02
        Language§ 86.5 ± 16.5 97.7 ± 11.6 .009
        Motor 82.4 ± 14.4 92.8 ± 13.3 .03
    Subscale scores
        Cognitive 9.0 ± 2.1 10.9 ± 2.3 .02
        Receptive communication§ 7.9 ± 3.2 9.9 ± 2.2 .01
        Expressive communication§ 7.4 ± 2.5 9.3 ± 2.3 .02
        Fine motor 7.9 ± 1.8 9.8 ± 2.4 .02
        Gross motor 6.3 ± 3.5 7.7 ± 3.0 .17
*

Values are mean ± SD or n (%).

P values for the comparison between groups were calculated with the use of linear regression or stratified exact tests with adjustment for site, as appropriate.

Maternal education not available for 3 patients with no to mild hypoglycemia.

§

Bayley-III language composite score and receptive and expressive communication subscale scores were not available for 1 patient with no to mild hypoglycemia.