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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Mar;9(2):177–184. doi: 10.1177/2150135117752122

Table 2:

Univariate and multivariate analyses of subject factors associated with BMI

Univariate Multivariate
Beta (95% CI) p Beta (95% CI) p
Exercise duration (per hour/week) −0.13 (−0.24 to −0.03) 0.01 −0.06 (−0.15 to 0.04) 0.23
Age (per year) 0.61 (0.45 to 0.79) <0.001 0.5 (0.3–0.7) <0.001
Sex
 Female 1 n/a 1 n/a
 Male −1.03 (−2.2 to 0.2) 0.09 −1.1 (−2.2 to 0.02) 0.05
Diagnosis
 Tetralogy of Fallot 1 n/a 1 n/a
 TGA −1.5 (−3.5 to 0.5) 0.14 −1.1 (−2.9 to 0.6) 0.21
 Fontan −1.0 (−2.3 to 0.3) 0.13 −0.9 (−2.1 to 0.3) 0.15
Race
 White 1 n/a
 Black −0.4 (−2.6 to 1.8) 0.74
 Other −0.2 (−2.6 to 1.9) 0.87
Level of restriction
 Unrestricted 1 n/a 1 n/a
 Moderate −0.5 (−1.8 to 0.7) 0.42 −0.3 (−1.5 to 0.9) 0.61
 Mild 2.0 (0.3 to 3.8) 0.02 1.5 (−0.2 to 3.2) 0.08
 No activity 1.8 (−3.8 to 7.5) 0.52 0.9 (−4.1 to 5.9) 0.73
Exercise class
 I (minimally strenuous) 3.7 (0.6 to 6.8) 0.02
 II 1.7 (−0.1 to 3.5) 0.07
 III 0.1 (−1.2 to 1.5) 0.85
 IV (very strenuous) 1 n/a

The associated changes represented by beta for each covariate are measured in kgm−2.