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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 Aug 30;3(11):1308–1317. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.05.004

TABLE 2.

Comparison of Ventricular Arrhythmias by Time of Day

Time of Day n (%) OR (95% CI)*
Total events* (ICD/ILR/Holter) 6 am-11:59 am 48 (14.8) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 128 (39.4) 2.54 (1.69-3.83)
6 pm-11:59 pm 149 (45.9) 2.91 (1.82-4.67)

ICD/ILR* 6 am-11:59 am 38 (13.4) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 106 (37.5) 2.73 (1.66-4.49)
6 pm-11:59 pm 139 (49.1) 3.55 (1.99-6.33)

Male 6 am-11:59 am 21 (14.0) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 62 (41.3) 2.49 (1.23-5.03)
6 pm-11:59 pm 67 (44.7) 2.72 (1.32-5.61)

Female 6 am-11:59 am 27 (15.4) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 66 (37.7) 2.43 (1.57-3.77)
6 pm-11:59 pm 82 (46.9) 3.01 (1.69-5.34)

Age <10 yrs 6 am-11:59 am 16 (18.6) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 45 (52.3) 2.81 (1.89-4.19)
6 pm-11:59 pm 25 (29.1) 1.56 (0.93-2.62)

Age 10-15 yrs 6 am-11:59 am 8 (10.0) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 39 (48.8) 4.87 (1.96-12.14)
6 pm-11:59 pm 33 (41.3) 4.12 (1.59-10.67)

Age >15 yrs 6 am-11:59 am 24 (15.1) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 44 (27.7) 1.83 (1.00-3.37)
6 pm-11:59 pm 91 (57.2) 3.79 (2.05-7.01)

Weekday (ICD/ILR)* 6 am-11:59 am 27 (14.0) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 70 (36.3) 2.56 (1.54-4.23)
6 pm-11:59 pm 96 (49.7) 3.47 (1.89-6.36)

Weekend/holiday (ICD/ILR)* 6 am-11:59 am 11 (12.2) Ref.
12 pm-5:59 pm 36 (40.0) 3.30 (1.52-7.17)
6 pm-11:59 pm 43 (47.8) 3.96 (1.81-8.69)

Total events include ICD, ILR, Holter.

*

Adjusted by age, sex, and multicenters.

Adjusted by age and multicenters.

Adjusted by sex and multicenters.

CI = confidence interval; ILR = implantable loop recorder; OR = odds ratio; Ref. = reference; other abbreviation as in Table 1.