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. 2021 Apr 15;44(2):209–216. doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2019.12.007

Table 3.

Identification of the predictors for spontaneous closure of PFO or PDA at 6 and 12 months.

Outcomes
Spontaneous PFO closure at 6 months (n = 1190)
Spontaneous PDA closure at 6 months (n = 197)
Variables cHR (95% CI) P value aHR (95% CI) P value cHR (95% CI) P value aHR (95% CI) P value
Gender (male) 0.79 (0.41–1.50) 0.466 1.86 (0.30–11.37) 0.503
Fetal age (week) 1.14 (1.01–1.29) 0.037 1.15 (1.01–1.30) 0.031 0.94 (0.53–1.64) 0.817
 ≥37 weeks 1.73 (0.75–3.99) 0.200 0.999
Birth weight (kg) 1.00 (1.00–1.001) 0.393 1.00 (0.998–1.002) 0.912
 ≥2500 gm 1.84 (0.80–4.25) 0.153 3.85 (0.40–37.22) 0.244
Maternal age (year) 0.97 (0.90–1.04) 0.343 0.81 (0.67–0.999) 0.050 0.81 (0.67–0.999) 0.050
 ≥35 years 0.68 (0.29–1.56) 0.357 0.45 (0.05–4.24) 0.487
cyanosis 0.86 (0.20–3.66) 0.836 0.999
Cardiac murmur 0.999 0.999
Family history of CHD
Prenatal cardiac anomalies 0.08 (0.02–0.43) 0.003 0.09 (0.02–0.19) 0.004 1.000
Neonatal extracardiac anomalies 1.000
ASD at birth 1.000 0.40 (0.07–2.45) 0.323
 <5 mm 1.000 1.51 (0.17–13.82) 0.715
VSD at birth 0.35 (0.08–1.52) 0.160 0.999
Complex CHD at birth 0.53 (0.01–0.23) <0.001 0.04 (0.01–0.19) <0.001 0.999

Outcomes
Spontaneous PFO closure at 12 months (n = 1207)
Spontaneous PDA closure at 12 months (n = 199)
Variables cHR (95% CI) P value aHR (95% CI) P value cHR (95% CI) P value aHR (95% CI) P value
Gender (male) 0.53 (0.16–1.72) 0.287 0.996
Fetal age (week) 1.13 (0.92–1.40) 0.251 0.99 (0.50–1.93) 0.965
 ≥37 weeks 2.42 (0.66–8.91) 0.183 0.999
Birth weight (kg) 1.00 (0.999–1.001) 0.882 1.00 (0.997–1.002) 0.701
 ≥2500 gm 1.55 (0.34–7.05) 0.574 0.999
Maternal age (year) 1.10 (0.96–1.27) 0.169 0.83 (0.65–1.08) 0.162
 ≥35 years 0.996 0.998
cyanosis 0.54 (0.07–4.23) 0.558 0.999
Cardiac murmur 0.999 0.999
Family history of CHD
Prenatal cardiac anomalies 0.02 (0.004–0.13) <0.001 0.02 (0.003–0.11) <0.001 1.000
Neonatal extracardiac anomalies 1.000
ASD at birth 1.000 0.30 (0.03–3.39) 0.332
 <5 mm 1.000 0.997
VSD at birth 0.998 0.999
Complex CHD at birth 0.03 (0.005–0.15) <0.001 0.02 (0.004–0.13) <0.001 0.999

Abbreviations: PFO: patent foramen ovale; PDA: patent ductus arteriosus; cHR: crude hazard ratio; aHR: adjusted hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; CHD: congenital heart disease; ASD: atrial septal defect; VSD: ventricular septal defect.