Table 4.
Early Repolarization Pattern as a Predictor for Ventricular Arrhythmia within 48 Hours of Myocardial Infarction
| Unadjusted Values | Adjusted Valuesa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P Value | OR | 95% CI | P Value | |
| Type of ER | ||||||
| Lateral | 2.73 | 0.72–10.41 | 0.13 | 2.63 | 0.66–10.51 | 0.17 |
| Inferior/inferolateral | 2.6 | 0.98–6.93 | 0.055 | 2.9 | 1.03–8.21 | 0.044 |
| Global | 10.95 | 1.26–94.97 | 0.03 | 12.46 | 1.26–122.8 | 0.031 |
| J wave morphology | ||||||
| Slurred | 1.17 | 0.36—3.82 | 0.79 | 1.07 | 0.3–3.73 | 0.91 |
| Notched | 6 | 2.12–16.97 | 0.001 | 6.97 | 2.28–21.29 | 0.001 |
| J wave amplitudeb | 1.5 | 1.04—2.16 | 0.027 | 1.5 | 1.01–2.23 | 0.042 |
| ST segment elevation | 4.13 | 1.74–9.8 | 0.001 | 4.42 | 1.76–11.06 | 0.001 |
| ST segment morphology | ||||||
| Upsloping | 4.87 | 1.2–19.81 | 0.027 | 6.42 | 1.41–29.13 | 0.016 |
| Horizontal | 3.85 | 1.46–10.18 | 0.006 | 3.8 | 1.37–10.51 | 0.01 |
a
Adjusted for LVEF, QTc, and QTd.
b
In increment of 0.5 mm.