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. 2013 Jul 2;13(5):353–364. doi: 10.1007/s40256-013-0035-2

Table 3.

Changes in electrocardiogram parameters

Treatment group Dunnett test
PP group LM group MH group
n Value Change n Value Change n Value Change PP vs. LM PP vs. MH
RR interval
 Pre 50 0.442 ± 0.043 50 0.456 ± 0.040 51 0.458 ± 0.033
 Post 48 0.456 ± 0.052 0.013 ± 0.039 48 0.598 ± 0.059 0.142 ± 0.057 50 0.575 ± 0.086 0.116 ± 0.073 p = 0.0001 p = 0.0001
PQ interval
 Pre 21 0.144 ± 0.024 28 0.141 ± 0.016 28 0.146 ± 0.020
 Post 24 0.148 ± 0.019 0.002 ± 0.012 30 0.155 ± 0.019 0.014 ± 0.017 32 0.163 ± 0.023 0.018 ± 0.017 p = 0.0160 p = 0.0015
QRS duration
 Pre 46 0.083 ± 0.013 47 0.083 ± 0.012 47 0.083 ± 0.010
 Post 46 0.082 ± 0.012 −0.001 ± 0.005 45 0.084 ± 0.013 0.000 ± 0.003 47 0.084 ± 0.010 0.000 ± 0.003 p = 0.0483 p = 0.0483
QT interval
 Pre 30 0.322 ± 0.042 31 0.313 ± 0.039 38 0.306 ± 0.035
 Post 32 0.320 ± 0.035 0.001 ± 0.017 32 0.360 ± 0.051 0.041 ± 0.037 40 0.341 ± 0.043 0.033 ± 0.029 p = 0.0001 p = 0.0001
ST segment
 Pre 33 0.038 ± 0.057 37 0.039 ± 0.041 39 0.064 ± 0.073
 Post 35 0.039 ± 0.057 −0.004 ± 0.023 37 0.041 ± 0.047 −0.001 ± 0.050 39 0.049 ± 0.056 −0.008 ± 0.042 p = 0.9418 p = 0.8979
QTc
 Pre 30 0.478 ± 0.063 31 0.457 ± 0.053 38 0.451 ± 0.049
 Post 32 0.467 ± 0.054 -0.004 ± 0.031 32 0.463 ± 0.056 0.001 ± 0.048 40 0.449 ± 0.049 −0.003 ± 0.034 p = 0.8529 p = 0.9933

Refer to Table 1 for treatment group definitions