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. 2019 May 10;2(5):e193667. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.3667

Table 2. Adverse Maternal Outcomes for Women With Different Forms of ACHD in Canada From Fiscal Years 2001-2002 to 2014-2015a.

Participant Group Total Births, No. Outcome
Severe Maternal Morbidity Ischemic Placental Disease
No. (%) [95% CI, %] OR (95% CI) No. (%) [95% CI, %] OR (95% CI)
Crude Adjustedb Crude Adjustedb
Women without ACHD 2 682 451 29 785 (1.1) [1.1-1.1] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 384 811 (14.3) [14.3-14.4] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Women with any type of ACHD 2114 85 (4.0) [3.3-4.9]c 3.7 (3.0-4.6)c 2.7 (2.2-3.4)c 408 (19.3) [17.7-21.0]c 1.4 (1.3-1.6)c 1.0 (0.8-1.1)
Women with a subtype of ACHD
Heterotaxy 42 NAd NAd NAd 10 (23.8) [13.2-39.1] 1.8 (0.9-3.8) 1.8 (0.8-4.1)
Anomalies of venous return 410 19 (4.6) [3.0-7.2)c 4.3 (2.7-6.8)c 3.1 (1.9-5.0)c 74 (18.0) [14.6-22.1]c 1.3 (1.0-1.7)c 0.6 (0.4-1.0)c
Anomalies of the atria and interatrial communications 404 17 (4.2) [2.6-6.7]c 3.9 (2.4-6.3)c 2.8 (1.7-4.6)c 73 (18.1) [14.6-22.1]c 1.3 (1.0-1.7)c 0.6 (0.4-1.0)c
Anomalies of atrioventricular junctions and valves 1440 33 (2.3) [1.6-3.2)c 2.1 (1.5-2.9)c 1.2 (0.8-1.6) 196 (13.6) [11.9-15.5] 1.0 (0.8-1.1) 0.1 (0.1-0.1)c
Complex anomalies of atrioventricular connections 98 NAd NAd NAd 24 (24.5) [17.0-34.0] 2.0 (1.2-3.1)c 2.0 (1.2-3.4)c
Functionally univentricular hearts 151 5 (3.3) [1.4-7.7]c 3.0 (1.2-7.4)c 2.2 (1.0-5.3) 37 (24.5) [18.3-32.0] 1.9 (1.3-2.8)c 1.9 (1.2-3.0)c
Ventricular septal defects 341 16 (4.7) [2.9-7.5]c 4.3 (2.6-7.2)c 3.3 (2.0-5.5)c 51 (15.0) [11.5-19.2] 1.0 (0.8-1.4) 0.8 (0.4-1.2)
Anomalies of the ventricular outflow tracts 949 32 (3.4) [2.4-4.7]c 3.1 (2.2-4.4)c 2.3 (1.6-3.2)c 190 (20.0) [17.6-22.7] 1.5 (1.3-1.8)c 1.1 (0.9-1.3)
Anomalies of the extrapericardial arterial trunks 413 15 (3.6) [2.2-5.9] 3.4 (2.0-5.6)c 2.4 (1.4-4.2) 84 (20.3) [16.7-24.5] 1.5 (1.2-1.9)c 1.1 (0.8-1.5)
Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries 108 NAd NAd NAd 25 (23.1) [16.1-32.1] 1.8 (1.2-2.8)c 2.0 (1.2-3.3)c

Abbreviations: ACHD, adult congenital heart disease; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio.

a

Excludes Quebec.

b

Adjusted for Obstetric Comorbidity Index, mode of delivery, and year of birth.

c

P < .05 for comparison of women with and without ACHD and women with specific subtypes of ACHD and women without ACHD.

d

Sample size less than 5.