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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2013 May 3;18(4):389–398. doi: 10.1111/anec.12050

Table V.

Effect of OC Generation on QTc stratified by comorbidity and exposure to QTc-altering drugs

OC Generation*
n 1 2 3 4
Slope (SE) p-value Slope (SE) p-value Slope (SE) p- value Slope (SE) p-value
OC users by generation vs non- users 410,782 −1.0 (0.18) <0.0001 −2.0 (0.23) <0.0001 0.6 (0.30) 0.051 3.6 (0.35) <0.0001
No Comorbidities
 No drugs 240,745 −1.2 (0.28) < 0.0001 −2.2 (0.28) < 0.0001 0.5 (0.33) 0.15 4.0 (0.43) < 0.0001
 1 or more drugs 10,714 −1.0 (0.86) 0.23 −2.0 (0.11) 0.07 −2.4 (1.32) 0.07 2.0 (1.56) 0.19
1 or more comorbidities
 No drugs 143,788 −0.8 (0.35) 0.02 −1.8 (0.47) < 0.0001 1.6 (0.68) 0.02 2.8 (0.71) < 0.0001
 1 or more drugs 15,535 0.3 (0.94) 0.76 −2.2 (1.25) 0.07 1.3 (2.06) 0.52 0.2 (1.78) 0.90
*

Relative to non-users and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity and smoking status

OC = oral contraceptive use, QTc = corrected QT