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. 2018 Mar 14;8:4544. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22663-5

Table 3.

Head biometrics and cerebral circulation in the cohort (n = 156).

Normal (n = 78) HLHS (n = 17) P LSOLs (n = 19) P RSOLs (n = 22) P TGA (n = 20) P
BPD z score 0.02 ± 0.72 −0.52 ± 0.96 0.23 −0.46 ± 0.98 0.3 −0.20 ± 1.02 0.88 0.17 ± 0.88 0.91
HC z score 0.08 ± 0.82 −0.67 ± 0.92 0.14 −0.62 ± 0.95 0.18 −0.44 ± 1.0 0.55 0.14 ± 0.99 0.89
ACA-PI 1.83 ± 0.21 1.01 ± 0.18 <0.001 1.41 ± 0.37 <0.01 1.80 ± 0.28 0.96 1.55 ± 0.29 <0.01
MCA-PI 1.94 ± 0.19 1.30 ± 0.24 <0.001 1.74 ± 0.29 0.07 1.90 ± 0.15 0.76 1.86 ± 0.18 0.38
PCA-PI 1.64 ± 0.19 1.10 ± 0.25 <0.001 1.31 ± 0.43 0.03 1.63 ± 0.26 0.92 1.46 ± 0.30 0.06

P, compared with the normal control group analyzed by ANOVA with post hoc Games-Howell testing.

BPD, biparietal diameter; HC, head circumference; ACA, anterior cerebral artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; PI, pulsatility index; HLHS, hypoplastic left heart syndrome; LSOLs, left-sided obstructive lesions; RSOLs, right-sided obstructive lesions; TGA, transposition of the great arteries.