Anemia in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Finding from Low-Resource Setting Hospitals

Table 6

Clinical data of ACHD children with anemia compared to normal hemoglobin level in selected governmental hospitals and cardiac center of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2021).

Variables	g/dl	g/dl	Total	value
Sex
Male	35	109	144
Female	38	116	154	0.841
Family size
0-3	12	35	251
4 and above	61	190	47	0.966
Ventricular septal defect	22	101	123	0.292
Atrial septal defect	11	62	73	0.677
Atrioventricular septal defect	5	27	32	0.060
Patent ductus arteriosus	10	91	101	0.162
Coarctation of aorta	3	14	17	0.602
Pulmonary stenosis	3	20	23	0.380
Aortic valve stenosis	1	2	3	0.539
Patent foramen ovale	3	11	14	0.629
Pulmonary hypertension	20	94	114	0.583
Malnutrition
Well nourished	19	87	106
Malnutrition	54	138	192	0.023

Hgb: hemoglobin. Significantly associated.