Myocardial Injury in Children with Unoperated Congenital Heart Diseases

Table 1

Demographic and clinical criteria of study population.

	Acyanotic group; ()	Cyanotic group; ()	Control group; ()
Age (years), median (range)	5 (1.5–12)	4.5 (0.75–14)	4.25 (0.5–13)	NS^†
Gender (male/female)	17/23	21/19	22/18	NS^‡
Diagnostic categories, (%)
VSD	15 (37.5%)	—	—	—
ASD	10 (25%)	—	—	—
PDA	15 (37.5%)	—	—	—
TGA	—	20 (50%)	—	—
TOF	—	20 (50%)	—	—

VSD: ventricular septal defect; ASD: atrial septal defect; PDA: patent ductus arteriosus; TGA: transposition of the great arteries; TOF: Tetralogy of Fallot; NA: not available; †: Mann-Whitney test; ‡: chi-square.