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. 2008 Mar 15;134(9):961–968. doi: 10.1007/s00432-008-0372-8

Table 3.

Summary table change from baseline (average of all four courses)

4 h 24 h
Change 95%-Confidence interval P value Change 95%-Confidence interval P value
Lower Upper Lower Upper
ANP (pmol/L) 38.1% −0.3% 91.3% 0.05 44.3% 3.6% 101.2% 0.03
CK-MB mass (mg/L) −2.2% −18.6% 17.6% 0.80 26.1% 4.4% 52.2% 0.02
NT-proBNP (ng/L) 18.0% −14.6% 63.0% 0.30 237.9% 149.4% 357.8% <0.001
HR (bpm) −0.29 −3.37 2.79 0.85 1.46 −1.67 4.60 0.34
QT (ms) 10.95 3.91 17.98 0.004 10.96 3.77 18.15 0.005
QTc Bazett (ms) 10.79 4.70 16.88 0.002 15.82 9.66 21.97 <0.001
QTc linear (ms) 10.04 5.39 14.69 <0.001 13.13 8.40 17.85 <0.001

Average change (for all four courses) from baseline, 95%-confidence intervals and P values (for the biochemical markers results represent percentage change, for ECG parameters results are shown in absolute changes)

ANP atrial natriuretic peptide, CK-MB creatine kinase isoenzyme MB, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide, HR heartrate, QT QT-interval, QTc Bazett QT interval corrected according to Bazett, QTc linear QT interval corrected according to Framingham’s linear correction method

Averages are estimated, as MIXED model analysis was used to correct for predose and missing values