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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Sep 16;37(1):192–200. doi: 10.1007/s00246-015-1265-7

Table 1.

Adult Fontan Demographic and Anthropometric Characteristics

Underweight n = 10 Normal n = 70 Overweight/obese n = 49 P value*
Male 50 60 51 0.6
Age (years) 26.8 (5.9) 27.3 (7.3) 28.6 (6.4) 1.0
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 70 74 67 0.6
 Hispanic 10 11 20
 Non-Hispanic black 10 3 4
Height (cm) 168.2 (6.4) 166.9 (10.3) 166.3 (8.9) 0.7
Weight (kg) 49.8 (4.6) 60.9 (8.4) 81.8 (11.7) <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 17.6 (0.5) 21.8 (1.6) 29.6 (3.6) < 0.001
Age at Fontan (years) 15.3 (8.1) 12.2 (10.4) 9.9 (7.8) 0.1
Heart Failure 40 21 8 0.03
Transplant history 10 7 0 0.3
Systolic BP(mmHg) 114.5 (14.9) 114.4 (13.1) 119.7 (20.7) 0.4
Diastolic BP(mmHg) 70.5 (2.1) 66.3 (8.1) 69.9 (13.2) 0.3

Data presented are mean (SD) or percent.

*

P values are for the comparison between all 3 groups.

Measurements available for 65% of adults. BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure.