Table 1.
Patient characteristics (N = 99).
| Characteristics. | N | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Sex (male) | 99 | 50 (51%) |
| Diagnosis | 99 | |
| Transposition of the great arteries (SRV) | 21 (21%) | |
| TOF/DORV, RVOT stenosis (RVOT) | 34 (35%) | |
| Septal defects (SD) | 20 (20%) | |
| Single ventricle/Ebstein’s (SV) | 9 (9%) | |
| Other diagnoses | 15 (15%) | |
| Non-cardiac diagnosis | 96 | 71 (74%) |
| Caucasian race | 75 (76%) | |
| Education | 89 | |
| High school or less | 36 (40%) | |
| College | 22 (25%) | |
| Post-college | 31 (35%) | |
| Smoking | 98 | |
| Never | 64 (65%) | |
| Past smoker | 11 (11%) | |
| Current smoker | 23 (24%) | |
| Hypertension | 99 | 35 (35%) |
| Diabetes | 99 | 14 (14%) |
| Dyslipidemia | 98 | 18 (18%) |
| History of arrhythmia | 99 | 45 (45%) |
| Previous vascular surgery | 92 | 10 (11%) |
| Previous non-cardiac surgery | 98 | 59 (60%) |
Abbreviations: N—number of patients; TOF—Tetralogy of Fallot; DORV—double outlet right ventricle; RVOT—right ventricular outflow tract. Age changes between assessments and so is reflected in Table 2 with other time-dependent variables.