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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Electrocardiol. 2018 Jul 30;51(6):997–1002. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2018.07.027

Table 2.

Analysis 2: Among 439 MESA participants with data from 2 ECG patch monitors, number with selected findings on one or both devices, and kappa statistic for agreement in results

ECG monitor finding N (%) with
finding on
at least 1
patch		 N with
Finding
on both
patches		 N with
finding on
patch 1 but
not patch 2		 N with
finding on
patch 2 but
not patch 1		 Kappa statistic
for any finding
vs. none
(95% CI)
Atrial fibrillation/
 flutter		 32 (7.3) 24 6 2 0.85 (0.75–0.94)
AV block: 2nd
 degree Mobitz II
 and 3rd degree		 13 (3.0) * 3 3 7 0.36 (0.27–0.45)
Pause > 3
 seconds		 13 (3.0) 4 5 4 0.46 (0.37–0.55)

MESA = Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; ECG = electrocardiographic; CI = confidence interval; AV = atrioventricular

*

In the sensitivity analysis excluding the 32 participants with AF/flutter on either device, 10 (2.5%) participants had high grade AV block.