Table 1.
Socio-demographic and Clinical Variables
| Participants n = 25 % n |
|
|---|---|
| Mean age (years) ± SD, range | 25 ± 4.3 (19–34) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 36 (9) |
| Female | 64 (16) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| White | 84 (21) |
| African American | 4 (1) |
| Asian | 4 (1) |
| Anglo-Indian | 4 (1) |
| Other | 4 (1) |
| Education | |
| High school graduate | 12 (3) |
| More than high school | 88 (22) |
| Employed | |
| Yes | 68 (17) |
| No | 32 (8) |
| Medical insurance | |
| Parental policy | 48 (12) |
| Individual policy | 36 (9) |
| Spouse or domestic partner policy | 8 (2) |
| Public policy | 4 (1) |
| Uninsured | 4 (1) |
| Income | |
| < $25,0000 | 60 (15) |
| $25,000–$50,000 | 24 (6) |
| >$50,000 | 16 (4) |
| Prior cardiac surgery (Mean ± SD, range) | 3.5 ± 3.75 (1–15) |
| Daily cardiac medications (Mean ± SD, range) | 1.9 ± 1.83 (1–7) |
| CHD-related co-morbidities (Mean ± SD, range) | 2.5 ± 1.6 (1–6) |
| Complexity of cardiac defect * | |
| Mild | 4 (1) |
| Moderate | 52 (13) |
| Complex | 44 (11) |
*
Warnes CA, Liberthson R, Danielson GK, et al. Task Force 1: The changing profile of congenital heart disease in adult life. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 37, e1170–e1175.