Table 3

Electrocardiographic measures of repolarisation dispersion

Repolarisation dispersionControls
(n = 50)
VF group
(n = 50)
p value
QTapexD44 (18)53 (18)< 0.01
QTendD49 (20)55 (25)NS
JTapexD50 (16)56 (19)0.05
JTendD50 (18)57 (22)NS
TendD38 (15)46 (17)< 0.05
QTapexSD14 (6)17 (7)< 0.01
QTendSD16 (7)18 (9)NS
JTapexSD16 (5)18 (7)NS
JTendSD16 (6)18 (8)NS
TendSD13 (5)16 (6)< 0.05
  • Values are mean (SD) in ms.

  • D, maximum − minimum of the respective intervals; SD, standard deviation of the respective intervals.