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Anthropometry was performed at presentation and every 6 months for 2 years, and z scores were compared. Malnutrition was defined as a weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight\/height z score &amp;lt;\u22122. Determinants of malnutrition were entered into a multivariate logistic regression analysis model.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>RESULTS: Of 476 patients undergoing corrective intervention (surgical: 344; catheter-based: 132) z scores of less than \u22122 for weight for age, height for age, and weight\/height were recorded in 59%, 26.3%, and 55.9% of patients, respectively, at presentation. On follow-up (425 patients [92.5% of survivors; 20.63 \u00b1 13.1 months of age]), z scores for weight for age and weight\/height improved significantly from the baseline (weight: \u22121.42 \u00b1 1.03 vs \u22122.19 \u00b1 1.16; P &amp;lt; .001; weight\/height: \u22121.15 \u00b1 1.25 vs \u22122.09 \u00b1 1.3; P &amp;lt; .001). Height-for-age z scores were not significantly different. Malnutrition persisted in 116 (27.3%) patients on follow-up and was associated with a birth weight of \u22642.5 kg, nutritional status at presentation, and height of parents and not with type of cardiac lesion, dietary intake, or socioeconomic factors.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS: This study from South India demonstrates severe malnutrition in over half of the patients with CHD and is not always reversed by corrective surgery or intervention. Persistent malnutrition after corrective intervention is predicted by nutritional status at presentation, birth weight, and parental anthropometry.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2009-0141","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,7,7]],"date-time":"2009-07-07T00:13:01Z","timestamp":1246925581000},"page":"e294-e299","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":56,"title":["What Determines Nutritional Recovery in Malnourished Children After Correction of Congenital Heart Defects?"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"124","author":[{"given":"Balu","family":"Vaidyanathan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pediatric Cardiology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reshma","family":"Radhakrishnan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pediatric Cardiology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deepa Aravindakshan","family":"Sarala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pediatric Cardiology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karimassery Ramaiyar","family":"Sundaram","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biostatistics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Elamakkara, Kochi, Kerala, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raman Krishna","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pediatric Cardiology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021120905312851400_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mehrizi A, Drash A. 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