Toktam Sahranavard, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Rasoul Alimi, Ghazaleh Pourali, Mohamad Nasrabadi, Asal Yadollahi, Shima Sharifi, Hedieh Alimi, Bahram Shahri, AmirAli Moodi Ghalibaf, Sepehr Metanat, Gordon A Ferns, Mohsen Moohebati, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan
AIM: QTc interval prolongation is a growing global issue which can cause torsades de pointes, a potentially fatal arrhythmia. We aimed to identify risk factors for prolonged QT interval in men and women. METHODS: The Mashhad stroke and heart atherosclerotic disorder (MASHAD) cohort study collected electrocardiogram interval data. QT was corrected for heart rate using the Bazett's formula. Ordinal logistic regression with crude (univariable) and adjusted (multivariate) association analyses in the form of odds ratio and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to identify the factors associated with QTc prolongation...
April 16, 2024: Journal of Electrocardiology