Table 2.

Prevalence of abnormal ECG findings at baseline

	Total	Non‐sarcopenia (n = 1597)	Sarcopenia (n = 509)	P value
Ventricular hypertrophy
LVH	157 (7.1%)	119 (7.5%)	38 (7.5%)	0.681
RVH	11 (0.5%)	9 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0.710
Supraventricular/ventricular premature beat	26 (1.2%)	20 (1.3%)	6 (1.2%)	0.980
AV block	164 (7.4%)	128 (8.0%)	36 (7.1%)	0.769
LBBB	12 (0.5%)	10 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0.608
RBBB	119 (5.3%)	90 (5.6%)	29 (5.7%)	0.690
LAFB	18 (0.8%)	11 (0.7%)	7 (1.4%)	0.104
Atrial fibrillation	74 (3.3%)	47 (2.9%)	27 (5.3%)	0.005

Note: Data are presented as numbers (%) for categorical variables.

Abbreviations: AV block, atrioventricular block; LAFB, left anterior fascicular block; LBBB, left bundle branch block; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; RBBB, right bundle branch block; RVH, right ventricular hypertrophy.