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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 May 4;4(4):432–440. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.962852

Table 3.

Covariate relationships to ERP

A. Univariate relationships between subject characteristics and ERP status
All sports pooled (univariable model)
ERP Inferior ERP subtype
OR p* OR p*


Demographics
 Young age, per year increase 0.80 (0.67-0.96) 0.019 --- ---
 Sex, male vs. female 4.47 (3.03-6.61) <0.001 --- ---
 Black race, vs. non-black 5.83 (3.72-9.15) <0.001 18.32 (8.60-39.04) <0.001
Anthropometrics
 Height, per inches 1.12 (1.06-1.18) <0.001 --- ---
ECG data (on post season ECG)
 Heart rate, per 10bpm decrease 1.52 (1.28-1.81) <0.001 2.32 (1.51-3.56) <0.001
 QRS, per 10 msec 1.26 (1.10-1.44) 0.001 --- ---
 Sokolow-Lyon index, per mV 2.36 (1.98-2.82) <0.001 1.92 (1.38-2.67) <0.001
 Sokolow-Lyon index, >3.5mV 3.82 (2.77-5.26) <0.001 3.45 (1.70-6.97) 0.001
Training characteristics
 Endurance training, per hour 1.07 (1.00-1.13) 0.034 --- ---
 Total training, per hour 1.05 (1.01-1.09) 0.01 --- ---
Medical history
 Medication use 0.64 (0.41-1.00) 0.049 --- ---
B. Multivariable model describing associations with ERP status.
All sports pooled (multi-variable model)
ERP Inferior ERP subtype
OR p* OR p*


Demographics
 Sex, male vs. female 2.21 (1.40-3.47) 0.001 --- ---
 Black race, vs. non-black 5.84 (3.54-9.61) <0.001 21.09 (9.07-49.08) <0.001
ECG data (on post season ECG)
 Heart rate, per 10bpm decrease 1.54 (1.26-1.87) <0.001 2.41 (1.48-3.93) <0.001
 Sokolow-Lyon index, per mV 2.08 (1.71-2.52) <0.001 2.44 (1.33-4.46) 0.004
*

compared to ERP negative subjects