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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: COPD. 2014 Jul 1;11(6):670–680. doi: 10.3109/15412555.2014.898047

Table 5.

Electrocardiographic variables in COPD patients with PH and a PVR < 3 or ≥ 3 Wood Units

PVR < 3 WU
Mean (SD) or
n (%)
PVR ≥ 3 WU
Mean (SD) or
n (%)
p
n (%) 51 (57) 39 (43)
P axis (degrees) 67 (25) 77 (15) 0.02
QRS axis (degrees) 53 (40) 70 (21) 0.02
R wave amplitude in lead I (mV) 0.4 (0.2) 0.3 (0.10) 0.007
R wave amplitude in lead V6 (mV) 0.9 (0.4) 0.8 (0.4) 0.05

Abbreviations: WU: Wood Units.