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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2017 Jan 12;56(13):1201–1208. doi: 10.1177/0009922816684605

Table 1: Diagnostic test frequency by each group.

CT computerized tomography, HDL high density lipoprotein

Group 1 (n=1656) Group 2 (n=1511) p
Echocardiograms 1283 (77.5%) 361 (23.4%) <0.001
Stress echocardiogram 5 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0.06
Sedated echocardiogram 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.99
Chest roentgenograms 148 (8.9%) 132 (8.7%) 0.85
Electrocardiogram 1562 (94.3%) 1379 (91.3%) 0.75
Exercise stress test 115 (6.9%) 18 (1.2%) <0.0001
Holter monitor 70 (4.2%) 46 (3.0%) 0.09
Event monitor 38 (2.3%) 49 (3.2%) 0.13
Loop monitor 0 (0.0%) 5 (0.3%) 0.02
Fasting lipid profile 13 (0.8%) 4 (0.3%) 0.05
Non-fasting total cholesterol & HDL 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 0.99
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging 5 (0.3%) 4 (0.3%) 0.99
Thyroid stimulating hormone 3 (0.2%) 3 (0.2%) 0.99
Other blood test (complete blood count, liver function tests, etc.) 5 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0.06
Urinalysis 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 0.99
Renal ultrasound 1 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 0.61
Glucose 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.1%) 0.23
Electrolytes 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 0.99
C-Reactive protein 3 (0.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0.25
Metabolic cart 2 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.50
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring 2 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.50
Nuclear Stress Test (Myocardial Perfusion (MIBI)) 2 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.50
Cardiac CT Angiography 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.99