Table 4.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis for left ventricular hypertrophy stratified by sex
| Male (n = 2869) | Female (n = 2617) | |||
| Characteristic | Wald Chi-Square | P value | Wald Chi-Square | P value |
| Q-wave amplitude in V3 | 14.7 | P = 0.0001 | 5.0 | P = 0.025 |
| R-wave amplitude in V6 | 25.5 | P < 0.0001 | 10.0 | P = 0.001 |
| S-wave amplitude in V3 | 77.0 | p < 0.0001 | 53.6 | P < 0.0001 |
| QRS Duration | 62.2 | P < 0.0001 | 51.2 | P < 0.0001 |
| Discordant R-axis and T-axis (difference ≤ 75 or > 75) | 17.8 | p < 0.0001 | 0.63 | P = 0.426 |
| Maximum (positive deflection) T-wave amplitude in V6 | 16.0 | P < 0.0001 | 26.1 | P < 0.0001 |
| Maximum P'-wave amplitude in V1 | 9.4 | P = 0.002 | 4.6 | P = 0.031 |
| P-wave peak amplitude in V6 | 1.0 | P = 0.314 | 3.5 | P = 0.061 |
| Weight | 0.50 | P = 0.477 | 0.9 | P = 0.340 |
| Height | 6.8 | P = 0.009 | 21.8 | P < 0.0001 |
| Age | 1.4 | P = 0.245 | 1.06 | P = 0.303 |