Table 1.

Baseline clinical characteristics of the patients

	LBBB	Control	P
Age, years	66±11	64±12	0.582
Men/women	11/23	14/22	0.682
Heart rate, beats/min	74±12	72±9	0.523
BMI, kg/m2	29.7±5.7	29.6±5.2	0.889
Hypertension	20 (57.1%)	17 (48.6%)	0.632
DM	7 (20%)	16 (17.1%)	0.540
Smoking	5 (14.3%)	10 (28.6%)	0.244
QRS duration, ms*	138/143/155	82/90/93	0.001
PR interval, ms	168.4±28.3	168.3±27.4	0.994

BMI - body mass index; DM - diabetes mellitus; LBBB - left bundle branch block.

^*Data are presented as median and interquartile ranges