New insights on growth trajectory in infants with complex congenital heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to describe the weight-for-age Z-score growth trajectory (WAZ-GT) of infants with complex congenital heart disease (cCHD) after neonatal cardiac surgery in the first 4 months of life and assess potential risk factors.

Methods

We utilized data from a previously reported trial of the REACH telehealth home monitoring (NCT01941667) program which evaluated 178 infants with cCHD from 2012 to 2017. Over the first 4 months of life, weekly infant weights were converted to WAZ. WAZ-GT classes were identified using latent class growth modeling. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between potential risk factors and WAZ-GT classes.

Results

Four distinct classes of WAZ-GT were identified: maintaining WAZ > 0, 14%; stable aro

SUBMITTER: Lisanti AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9427721 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature