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Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression of predictors of pre-operative malnutrition

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

Factors

OR (95% CI)

P

WAZ < -2

Hospitalization

4.1 (1.5, 8.2)

0.03

Age at surgery

0.7 (0.5, 0.9)

0.02

RACHS-1 > 3

7.2 (1.3, 27.0)

0.001

Mechanical ventilation

3.2 (2.5, 8.9)

0.02

Pulmonary hypertension

2.8 (1.6, 5.1)

0.007

Acyanotic heart disease

1.7 (1.9, 3.0)

0.04

HAZ < -2

Parents’ height

9.5 (2.1, 15.4)

0.005

Single ventricle

4.9 (1.5, 17.0)

0.009

Cyanotic heart disease

3.5 (1.4, 6.5)

0.01

WHZ < -2

Hospitalization

2.9 (1.2, 4.7)

0.03

Pulmonary hypertension

6 (1.5, 9.9)

0.002

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, WAZ weight for age Z score, RACHS-1 risk adjustment for congenital heart surgery-1, HAZ height for age Z score, WHZ weight for height Z score