Total number of children during the data gathering years 2012-1015
N = 1,133
Fig. 2. Study Population: children with CHD treated
with surgery or by catheter interventions
Children excluded because of prematurity and genetic disorders n = 144
Children with milder forms of CHD not included in the follow-up program for children with severe CHD n = 890
Children in the follow-up program n = 99
Invited purposely in order to have comparable group sizes
n = 432
Mild CHD
n = 247 Moderate CHDn = 185 Severe CHDn = 99
Moved, do not speak Swedish, did not want to participate
Mild CHD
n = 77 (31.2%) Moderate CHDn = 81 (43.8%) Severe CHDn = 79 (79.8%)
Children excluded
n = 9 Children participatingn = 237 (44.9%)
Children completing testing with Wechsler Scales n = 228 (42.9%)
Mild CHD