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Table 1 Clinical features and malnutrition status of children with CHD

From: Risk factors of malnutrition in Chinese children with congenital heart defect

Variable

Patients

Male

Female

P

Sex

3252

1863 (57.3%)

1389 (42.7%)

 

Age(d)

275 (1–3671)

274 (1–3671)

289 (2–3584)

0.3

Weight (kg)

8 (2–57)

8 (2–56)

7.9 (2–57)

0.06

Height (cm)

70 (40–146)

70 (40–146)

70 (40–142)

0.56

Cyanotic CHD

1408 (43.3%)

560 (30.1%)

848 (61.1%)

< 0.0001

Acyanotic CHD

1844 (56.7%)

1303 (69.9%)

541 (38.9%)

SV

303 (9.3%)

139 (7.4%)

164 (11.8%) 4

< 0.0001

Bi-V

2949 (90.7%)

1724 (92.6%)

1225 (88.2%)

 

WAZ

−1.0 ± 1.5

−0.9 ± 1.5

−0.1 ± 1.5

0.48

WAZ < -2

758 (23.3%)

431 (23.1%)

327 (23.5%)

0.79

HAZ

−0.9 ± 1.8

−1.6 ± 1.8

−0.8 ± 1.7

< 0.0001

HAZ < -2

758 (23.3%)

426 (22.9%)

332 (23.9%)

0.49

WHZ

−0.5 ± 1.6

−0.6 ± 1.6

− 0.4 ± 1.6

0.001

WHZ < -2

466 (14.3%)

287 (15.4%)

179 (12.9%)

0.04

VSD and ASD

1614 (49.6%)

712 (38.2%)

902 (64.9%)

0.009

Tetralogy of Fallot

376 (11.6%)

175 (9.4%)

197 (14.2%)

 

Pulmonary atresia

134 (4.1%)

77 (4.1%)

57 (4.1%)

 
  1. Data of age, weight, height was presented as median (min-max), data of WAZ, HAZ and WHZ was presented as mean ± standard deviations (x ± s), and other parameters in the table were presented as number (percentage)
  2. CHD congenital heart defect, SV single ventricle, Bi-V biventricle, WAZ weight for age Z score, HAZ height for age Z score, WHZ weight for height Z score, VSD ventricular septal defect, ASD atrial septal defect