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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Jan 29;55(18):1955–1961. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.015

Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics and Response to Standing, LQT1 Versus LQT2

LQT1 (n = 31) LQT2 (n = 28) p Value
Age, yrs 33 ± 15 30 ± 13 0.400
Female 21 (68) 23 (82) 0.243
Baseline heart rate, beats/min 67 ± 11 62 ± 9 0.051
Baseline QT interval, ms 445 ± 42 455 ± 45 0.375
Baseline QTc interval, ms 468 ± 39 460 ± 39 0.445
Response to standing
 Increment in heart rate, beats/min 24 ± 10 26 ± 11 0.474
 Maximal heart rate, beats/min 95 ± 14 91 ± 13 0.053
 Δ QT during maximal tachycardia, ms −8 ± 32 21 ± 28 0.001
 Δ QTc during maximal tachycardia, ms 67 ± 41 114 ± 42 <0.001
 Δ QTc during longest QT interval, ms 80 ± 50 126 ± 49 0.001
 Δ QTc during maximal QT interval stretching, ms 73 ± 43 119 ± 48 <0.001

Data are mean ± SD or n (%).

Abbreviations as in Table 1.