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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2012 Jan 28;9(6):892–898. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.020

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis: Risk factors for ACA/SCD among all patients with LQT1*

Relative risk
Risk factor Hazard ratio 95% Confidence interval P
Sex
 Men vs women ≤ 13 y 2.31 1.41–3.92 .003
 Men vs women >13 y 0.92 0.61–1.51 .72
Mutation location (vs nonmissense mutations)
 Cytoplasmic loop (S2–S3/S4–S5 linkers) 1.93 1.37–2.75 .005
 MS (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, P-loop, S6) 1.02 0.71–1.85 .51
 N/C terminus 0.96 0.52–1.57 .72
QTc duration (ms)
 >550 vs <500 4.18 2.06–8.46 <.001
 500–550 vs <500 3.35 1.83–6.11 <.001
Time-dependent syncope
 Syncope vs no syncope 3.40 2.22–5.21 <.001

ACA = aborted cardiac arrest; LQT1 = long QT syndrome type 1; MS = membrane spanning; QTc = corrected QT interval; SCD = sudden cardiac death.

*

Models were further adjusted for missing QTc values, time-dependent beta-blocker therapy.