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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of diagnosed congenital heart defects subjects

From: Clinical Spectrum of congenital heart defects (CHD) detected at the child health Clinic in a Tertiary Health Facility in Ghana: a retrospective analysis

Variable

Mean ± SE (95% Conf. Interval)

No. (%)

Age range (years)

  < 1

0.40 ± 0.07 (0.26–0.53)

21 (26.58)

 1–5

2.10 ± 0.15 (1.81–2.39)

40 (50.63)

 6–10

7.36 ± 0.47 (6.42–8.30)

11 (13.92)

 11–16

13.86 ± 1.20 (11.46–16.25)

7 (8.86)

Gender

 Male

 

38 (48.10)

 Female

 

41 (51.90)

NHIS status

 Insured

 

46 (58.23)

 Non-insured

 

33 (41.77)

Chromosomal anomalies

 Down syndrome associated CHD

 

7 (13.7)

 Isolated CHD

 

44 (86.3)

CHD type

 Acyanotic

 

32 (62.75)

 Cyanotic

 

19 (37.25)