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. 2017 Aug 11;12(8):e0181875. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181875

Table 4. Electrocardiographic findings of patients who presented or did not present with notching 3 hours post sotalol administration in the discovery and replication cohort.

Discovery cohort Replication cohort Pvalue
Notching No Notch Notching No Notch
Number of subjects 40 445 51 436
Female (%) 40(100%) 263(59%) 50(98%) 247(57%) <0.0001
ΔQTcF (%) 7.7±4 5.1±3.3 9±3.7 5.2±3.4 <0.0001
ΔTAmp (%) 36.7±11.9 11.3±14.2 32.1±17.5 10.4±13.4 <0.0001
ΔTpTe (%) 53.6±30 10.4±11.8 51±38.4 11.7±12.1 <0.0001
Principal Component 1 -2.5±1.5 0.3±1.1 -2.3±1.8 0.3±1.1 <0.0001
Principal Component 2 0.7±1.1 -0.1±0.7 0.3±1 0±0.7 <0.0001
Principal Component 3 0.5±1.2 0±0.5 0.3±1.3 0±0.5 <0.0001

Pvalue: One-way Anova with Tukey’s post-test used.

: Significant vs. No notch groups (discovery and validation cohort);

: Significant vs. notching groups (discovery and validation cohort).