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Table 2 Electrocardiographic findings on day 0, 1 and 42

From: Disease-associated QT-shortage versus quinine associated QT-prolongation: age dependent ECG-effects in Ghanaian children with severe malaria

Electrocardiographic findigs

Day 0 n = 164

Day 1 n = 164

Day 42 n = 126

P value day 1:0

P value day 42:0

P value day 42:1

HR (per minute)

143 (±27)

123 (±23)

106 (±30)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

PQ (ms)

121 (±19)

136 (±18)

131 (±20)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

QRS (ms)

58 (±12)

63 (±23)

57 (±11)

0.016

0.535

0.048

hQT (ms, Wernicke)

381 (±32)

405 (±32)

390 (±25)

<0.001

0.021

0.001

cQT (ms, Bazett)

422 (±32)

442 (±33)

419 (±27)

<0.001

0.090

<0.001

  1. Values are means (±SD) if not indicated otherwise, paired t-test.