Table 1

 Q wave amplitude in leads III and V6 taken from the tables of Rijnbeek and the centile charts of Davignon

Rijnbeek median (98th centile)Davignon median (98th centile)
IIIV6IIIV6
The values for Rijnbeek are for males only whereas Davignon gives combined data for a group of males and females.
0–1 month0.15 (0.26)0.11 (0.22)
1–3 months0.29 (0.50)0.16 (0.31)0.12 (0.55)0.03 (0.26)
3–6 months0.31 (0.71)0.17 (0.35)0.13 (0.65)0.04 (0.26)
6–12 months0.35 (0.79)0.20(0.60)0.17 (0.6)0.04 (0.3)
1–3 years0.30 (0.74)0.20 (0.56)0.13 (0.52)0.05 (0.3)
3–5 years0.19 (0.46)0.15 (0.42)0.09 (0.40)0.07 (0.33)
5–8 years0.15 (0.36)0.12 (0.39)0.09 (0.31)0.07 (0.45)
8–12 years0.10 (0.28)0.12 (0.43)0.05 (0.28)0.06 (0.28)
12–16 years0.10 (0.29)0.11 (0.43)0.04 (0.3)0.04 (0.28)