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Table 3 Electrocardiographic findings preoperative and 6 months after bariatric surgery

From: Bariatric surgery and cardiovascular outcome

Variables

Preoperative measurement, median (IQR)

6 months FU measurements, median (IQR)

P valuea

Heart rate (bpm)

82 (75–92)

76 (71–82)

< 0.0001**

PR interval (msec)

160 (140–160)

160 (150–162)

= 0.354

QRS complex width (msec)

80 (80–100)

80 (80–100)

= 1.000

QTc interval (msec)

432 (416–447)

423 (409–447)

= 0.0094**

  1. bpm Beats per minute, IQR Interquartile range, msec Milliseconds
  2. aUsing Wilcoxon’s test