Table 3.
Characteristic | Age >45 years (n = 16) |
Age <45 years (n = 18) |
p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Age, median (IQR) | 56.5 (54, 59.5) | 29 (24, 30) | <0.001 |
Sex, female (%) | 9 (56) | 7 (39) | 0.31 |
Low-voltage QRS (%) | 11 (92) | 2 (20) | <0.001 |
T‑wave inversion (%) | 7 (70) | 3 (33) | 0.11 |
Signal-averaged ECG | |||
– Filtered QRS duration, ms (IQR) | 108 (104, 113) | 108 (100, 112) | 0.58 |
– Low-amplitude signal, ms (IQR) | 46 (42, 53) | 34 (28.5, 35.5) | 0.007 |
– Root-mean-square, µV (IQR) | 15 (11–23) | 33 (26.5, 45) | 0.005 |
– Late potentials, ≥1 (%) | 9 (82) | 2 (17) | 0.002 |
Holter monitoring | |||
– PVCs, median (IQR) | 882.5 (470, 2653) | 2 (1, 370) | <0.001 |
– > 500 PVCs (%) | 9 (64) | 3 (21) | 0.022 |
LV dysfunction (%) | 10 (67) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
IQR interquartile range, PVC premature ventricular complex, LV left ventricular