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. 2021 Dec 14;11(12):e054238. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054238

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Study cohort Matched cohort
All Prolonged PR Normal PR Short PR Prolonged PR Normal PR
>200 ms 120–200 ms <120 ms >200 ms 120–200 ms
All (n=1 06 124) (n=9397) (n=92 565) (n=4162) (n=8238) (n=24 714)
Male sex 51 156 (48.2%) 5558 (59.1%) 44 029 (47.6%) 1569 (37.7%) 4569 (55.5%) 13 710 (55.5%)
Age, median (IQR) 61 (43–74) 75 (63–84) 59 (43–73) 52 (34–69) 72 (61–81) 72 (60–81)
 18–50 36 748 (34.6%) 1157 (12.3%) 33 592 (36.3%) 1999 (48.0%) 1157 (14.0%) 3494 (14.1%)
 51–69 34 165 (32.2%) 2373 (25.3%) 30 621 (33.1%) 1171 (28.1%) 2371 (28.8%) 7250 (29.3%)
 70+ 35 211 (33.2%) 5867 (62.4%) 28 352 (30.6%) 992 (23.8%) 4710 (57.2%) 13 970 (56.5%)
Charlson
 0 74 396 (70.1%) 5785 (61.6%) 65 693 (71.0%) 2918 (70.1%) 5186 (63.0%) 15 667 (63.4%)
 1 13 750 (13.0%) 1309 (13.9%) 11 866 (12.8%) 575 (13.8%) 1154 (14.0%) 3415 (13.8%)
 2 11 239 (10.6%) 1494 (15.9%) 9366 (10.1%) 379 (9.1%) 1196 (14.5%) 3591 (14.5%)
 3+ 6739 (6.4%) 809 (8.6%) 5640 (6.1%) 290 (7.0%) 702 (8.5%) 2041 (8.3%)
Other diagnoses
 Heart failure 4473 (4.2%) 950 (10.1%) 3356 (3.6%) 167 (4.0%) 509 (6.2%) 1640 (6.6%)
 MI 4933 (4.6%) 913 (9.7%) 3881 (4.2%) 139 (3.3%) 590 (7.2%) 1870 (7.6%)
Use of medication
 QT-prolong drugs 18 560 (17.5%) 2886 (30.7%) 15 191 (16.4%) 483 (11.6%) 2195 (26.6%) 6750 (27.3%)
Centre
 Odense 13 572 (12.8%) 1146 (12.2%) 11 884 (12.8%) 542 (13.0%) 980 (11.9%) 2940 (11.9%)
 South West Jutland 9905 (9.3%) 932 (9.9%) 8683 (9.4%) 290 (7.0%) 815 (9.9%) 2445 (9.9%)
 Skåne 43 616 (41.1%) 3960 (42.1%) 37 757 (40.8%) 1899 (45.6%) 3376 (41.0%) 10 128 (41.0%)
 Helsingborg 39 031 (36.8%) 3359 (35.7%) 34 241 (37.0%) 1431 (34.4%) 3067 (37.2%) 9201 (37.2%)
ECG HR, median (IQR) 76 (66–89) 71 (62–83) 76 (66–90) 85 (70–103) 71 (62–83) 77 (66–90)

Baseline characteristics of the study cohort and the propensity score matched cohort.

PR, PR interval.