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. 2020 Jun 2;10:8930. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65852-x

Table 1.

Participants’ clinical characteristics9.

Fontan patients Controls P-value
Total [n] 20 20
Female sex [n] 7 7
Age [years] 23.1 ± 5.1 24.7 ± 6.6 0.28
After TCPC [years] 18.8 ± 5.2
Bodyweight [kg] 69.8 ± 13.2 73.3 ± 11.7 0.17
Height [cm] 171.3 ± 7.4 174.5 ± 8.7 0.04
Body mass index [kg/m²] 23.8 ± 4.1 22.5 ± 3.3 0.05
SpO2 at rest [%] 93 ± 3 99 ± 1 <0.00001
SpO2 at exercise [%] 90 ± 3 98 ± 1 <0.00001
V˙O2 at rest [mL/kg/min] 5.6 ± 1.7 5.8 ± 1.1 0.03
V˙O2AT [mL/kg/min] 24.5 ± 4.9 30.1 ± 3.6 <0.00001
Peak V˙O2 [mL/kg/min] 28.8 ± 10.1 45.7 ± 6.4 <0.00001
Double inlet left ventricle [n] 10
TA + PS/PA [n] 9
TA + PS + VSD [n] 1
Extracardiac Fontan [n] 16
Open fenestration (at study) [n] 3
LPA dilation/stent [n] 4
Tunnel dilation/stent [n] 6
Closure of fenestration [n] 1
Closure of vv collateral [n] 3
Electrophysiologic examination [n] 2

Values are given as mean ± standard deviation. AT, anaerobic threshold; LPA, left pulmonary artery; n, number; PA, pulmonary atresia; PS, pulmonary stenosis; SpO2, pulsoxymetric oxygen saturation; TA, tricuspid atresia; TCPC, total cavopulmonary connection; V˙O2, oxygen uptake; VSD, ventricular septal defect; vv, veno-venous.