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. 2023 Jul 15;13:11454. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38344-x

Table 4.

Effect of vitamin D treatment on ECG measures.

Normal distribution Placebo Vitamin D P-value
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Net change (95% CI)
PR interval, ms − 0.48 (− 2.35, 1.39) 0.62
 Baseline 171 ± 25 174 ± 28
 2-year 174 ± 27 176 ± 30
P wave duration, ms − 1.49 (− 3.36, 0.38) 0.12
 Baseline 114 ± 13 114 ± 13
 2-year 110 ± 14 109 ± 14
P wave amplitude, mV 0.001 (− 0.003, 0.004) 0.67
 Baseline 0.123 ± 0.037 0.123 ± 0.036
 2-year 0.121 ± 0.035 0.121 ± 0.037
P terminal force, mVms − 204.5 (− 490.2, 81.3) 0.16
 Baseline 2403 ± 2143 2349 ± 1912
 2-year 3256 ± 2302 3002 ± 2230
QRS duration, ms − 0.003 (− 0.93, 0.92) 0.99
 Baseline 94 ± 13 93 ± 13
 2-year 95 ± 14 94 ± 14
Cornell, mV − 0.44 (− 0.87, − 0.01) 0.044
 Baseline 1.18 ± 0.56 1.14 ± 0.52
 2-year 1.31 ± 0.56 1.23 ± 0.53
Heart rate, bpm 0.44 (− 1.38, 0.50) 0.36
 Baseline 65 ± 10 65 ± 10
 2-year 64 ± 10 63 ± 10
Non-normal distribution Placebo Vitamin D P-value
Median (25–75 percentile) Median (25–75 percentile) Net change %(95% CI)
QTc interval 1, ms 0.42 (− 0.21, 1.05) 0.2
 Baseline 416 (413–419) 416 (413–418)
 2-year 419 (416–421) 420 (418–423)
QTc interval 2, ms 0.15 (− 0.30, 0.61) 0.50
 Baseline 426 (424–428) 425 (424–427)
 2-year 426 (424–428) 426 (424–428)
SDNN, ms 0.08 (− 7. 72, 8.55) 0.98
 Baseline 18.0 (17.1–19.0) 18.8 (17.8–19.8)
 2-year 17.3 (16.3–18.2) 18.2 (17.2–19.2)
RMSSD, ms 0.52 (− 7.28, 8.98) 0.90
 Baseline 18.1 (17.1–19.2) 19.0 (17.9–20.1)
 2-year 18.2 (17.2–19.3) 19.3 (18.2–20.5)

Treatment effect model adjusted for age, gender, race, BMI mean blood pressure, and active treatment.

QTc interval 1 represents QTc calculated with the Framingham formula, QTc interval 2 with the Fredericia formula.