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

Table 4.

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

Outcomes
Persistent PFO or PDA at 6 months (n = 96)
Persistent PFO or PDA at 12 months (n = 28)
Variables cHR (95% CI) P value aHR (95% CI) P value cHR (95% CI) P value aHR (95% CI) P value
Gender (male) 1.12 (0.72–1.73) 0.619 1.04 (0.49–2.22) 0.923
Fetal age (week) 0.84 (0.77–0.92) <0.001 0.83 (0.76–0.91) <0.001 0.89 (0.77–1.03) 0.106
 ≥37 weeks 0.36 (0.20–0.66) 0.001 0.65 (0.22–1.95) 0.442
Birth weight (kg) 0.99 (0.99–1.00) <0.001 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.723
 ≥2500 gm 0.28 (0.16–0.49) <0.001 0.89 (0.26–3.03) 0.846
Maternal age (year) 1.04 (0.99–1.10) 0.107 0.97 (0.88–1.07) 0.507
 ≥35 years 1.58 (0.83–2.98) 0.161 0.997
cyanosis 1.94 (0.80–4.71) 0.146 0.75 (0.10–5.73) 0.781
Cardiac murmur 1.000 1.000
Family history of CHD 1.000 1.000
Prenatal cardiac anomalies 2.33 (0.59–9.16) 0.227 5.23 (1.06–25.87) 0.043 6.06 (1.21–30.21) 0.028
Neonatal extracardiac anomalies
ASD at birth 4.10 (0.90–18.60) 0.068 10.54 (1.85–60.18) 0.008 12.11 (2.11–69.72) 0.005
 <5 mm 2.68 (0.24–29.90) 0.422
VSD at birth 2.43 (0.73–8.04) 0.147 2.00 (0.25–16.23) 0.515
Complex CHD at birth 7.33 (1.62–33.31) 0.010 9.03 (1.97–41.46) 0.005 10.48 (1.84–59.86) 0.008 12.11 (2.11–69.72) 0.005

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.