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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 838 children with delayed and non-delayed diagnosis congenital heart disease

From: Delayed diagnosis in children with congenital heart disease: a mixed-method study

Characteristics

Total n = 838 (%)

Delayed n = 510 (%)

No delayed n = 328 (%)

p value

Age in years, median (min-max)

0.55 (0–17.71)

2.47 (0.04–17.71)

0.13 (0–1.7)

< 0.001

 0–1 month

154 (18.4)

10 (2)

144 (43.9)

< 0.001

 > 1–12 months

358 (42.7)

174 (34.1)

184 (56.1)

< 0.001

 > 12–5 years

133 (15.9)

133 (26.1)

0

< 0.001

 > 5–10 years

104 (12.4)

104 (20.4)

0

< 0.001

 > 10 – < 18 years

89 (10.6)

89 (17.4)

0

< 0.001

Male sex, n (%)

384 (45.8)

236 (46.3)

148 (45.1)

0.74

Syndrome, n (%)

131 (15.6)

60 (11.8)

71 (21.6)

0.001

Acyanotic CHD, n (%)

679 (81)

373

305

< 0.001

 VSD

218 (26)

129 (25.3)

89 (27.1)

0.55

 ASD

183 (21.8)

95 (18.6)

88 (26.8)

< 0.001

 PDA

177 (21.1)

84 (16.5)

93 (28.3)

< 0.001

 PS

60 (7.1)

35 (6.9)

25 (7.6)

0.89

Cyanotic CHD, n (%)

159 (19)

137

23

< 0.001

 Pulmonary atresia

44 (5.3)

36 (7)

8 (2.4)

0.003

 Tetralogy of Fallot

39 (4.6)

33 (6.5)

6 (1.8)

0.001

 DORV

21 (2.5)

19 (3.7)

2 (0.6)

0.004

 TGA

15 (1.8)

13 (2.5)

2 (0.6)

0.038

Critical CHD

191 (22.8)

164

27

< 0.001

Source of patients, n (%)

  Community

5 (0.6)

4 (0.8)

1 (0.3)

0.37

 Referral status

  Doctor

41 (4.9)

29 (5.7)

12 (3.7)

0.18

  Born at Dr. Sardjito Hospital

23 (2.7)

0

23 (7)

< 0.001

  1st level of health care

11 (1.3)

7 (1.4)

4 (1.2)

0.74

  2nd level of health care

702 (83.8)

446 (87.5)

256 (78)

0.0003

  3rd level of health care

45 (5.4)

17 (3.3)

28 (8.5)

0.001

 No information

11 (0.1)

7 (0.01)

4 (0.01)

0.85

  1. CHD Congenital Heart Disease, VSD Ventricular septal defect, ASD atrial septal defect, PDA patent ductus arteriosus, PS pulmonary stenosis, TOF tetralogy of Fallot, DORV double outlet right ventricle, TGA transposition of the great arteries