Table 1

Patients’ characteristics at inclusion

Training group
(n=30) mean±SD
Control group
(n=30) mean±SD
Sex (n/% female)11/36.712/40.0
Age (years)14.8±5.015.7±4.7
Height (cm)155.4±17.7156.8±16.4
Weight (kg)50.8±19.351.1±17.0
BMI (kg/m2)20.1±4.320.2±4.2
Restrictive lung function (FVC <−1.64) (n/%)13/43.311/36.7
Decreased exercise capacity (<80%) (n/%)13/43.316/53.3
ToF (n/%)20/66.723/76.7
Age at correction (months)11.7±15.011.7±11.9
Correction (transvalvular; n/%)13/43.317/56.7
  • BMI, body mass index; cm, centimetre; FVC, forced vital capacity; kg, kilogram; m, metre; n, number of patients; ToF, tetralogy of Fallot.