Table 2

QT and QTc dispersion in patients not taking and taking chronic β blocker treatment

Chronic β blocker treatment
No Yes p Value 2-150
Number of patients10817
QT dispersion (ms)53.2 (1.9)43.8 (4.9)< 0.05
QTc dispersion (ms−1−2)62.0 (2.4 )48.2 (6.1 )0.01
SD-QT interval (ms)17.1 (0.7 )14.2 (1.7)< 0.05
SD-QTc interval (ms−1−2)20.1 (0.9 )15.6 (2.2 )< 0.05
Ad.QT dispersion (ms)16.8 (0.6 )13.7 (1.5 )< 0.05
Ad.QTc dispersion (ms−1−2)19.6 (0.8)15.0 (1.9 )< 0.01
  • 2-150 Analysis of variance adjusted for the factors and covariates in the multiple regression.

  • Ad. QT dispersion, “lead adjusted” QT dispersion; Ad. QTc dispersion, “lead adjusted” QTc dispersion; SD-QT interval, standard deviation of QT interval; SD-QTc interval, standard deviation of the rate corrected QT interval.