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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Nov 23;38(3):472–483. doi: 10.1007/s00246-016-1537-x

Table 5b.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with VO2max in subjects with Fontan physiology

n=75 Beta 95% CI p
Habitual activity (per 10 hours) −2.8 −13.5 to 7.8 0.60
Age (per year) −4.0 −6.6 to −1.4 0.003
Male sex −6.6 −18.9 to 5.6 0.28
Systemic ventricle
Right 1 n/a n/a
Left 6.6 −10.1 to 23.4 0.43
Both −0.9 −33.6 to 31.7 0.95
Heterotaxy −14.7 −41.9 to 12.5 0.28
Stage 1 operation
Norwood with modified BT shunt 1 n/a n/a
Norwood with RV to PA conduit −3.5 −31.6 to 24.5 0.80
Shunt without arch reconstruction 7.1 −10.7 to 24.9 0.43
No operation 2.4 −11.5 to 16.2 0.74
Other −11.4 −64.1 to 41.4 0.67
Fontan operation
Extra-cardiac Fontan 1 n/a n/a
Lateral tunnel Fontan −2.7 −16.3 to 10.9 0.70
Hepatic vein inclusion 8.5 −31.0 to 48.1 0.67
Protein losing enteropathy −9.0 −32.9 to 14.9 0.46

Abbreviations: BT shunt: Blalock-Taussig shunt, RV to PA: right ventricle to pulmonary artery