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Table 6 Shows the association between premature ventricular contractions burden on Holter monitoring and occurrence of major cardiovascular events

From: The impact of asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias on the outcome of heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction

 

PVC burden

χ2

P

OR

CI. 95%

(LL–UL)

Infrequent®

(n = 108)

Frequent

(n = 196)

No CV events ®

48

32

–

1.000

1.000

–

Death

12

28

0.614

0.002*

3.500*

1.55–7.87

Heart failure hospitalization

40

104

7.172*

0.007*

3.900*

2.19–6.94

Sustained ventricular arrhythmia

8

32

4.848*

0.028*

6.000*

2.45–14.67

Total CV events

60

164

28.391*

< 0.001*

0.667*

2.39–7.009

  1. χ2: Chi square test, P: P value, OR: Odds ratio, ®: reference group CI: Confidence interval, LL: Lower limit, UL: Upper Limit, PVCs: premature ventricular contractions, CV: cardiovascular
  2. *Statistically significant
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