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Table 3 Electrocardiogram (ECG) findings in seropositive and seronegative volunteers

From: Association of Trypanosoma cruzi infection with risk factors and electrocardiographic abnormalities in northeast Mexico

 

Abnormal ECG

 

  Seropositive

  Seronegative

Community

N°/ [Total of seropositive (%)]

N°/ [Total of seronegative (%)]

Sex/Age‡/ECG alteration

Sex/Age‡/ECG alteration

Monterrey

1/8 (12.5)

3/8 (37.5)

F/54/RBBHB

F/55/AF, M/57/ST, F/56/ST

Allende

1/10 (10)

2/10 (20)

M/57/RBBHB

M/58/AF, M/59/RBBHB

General Teran

4/10 (40)

3/10 (30)

M/53/RBBHB M/67/RBBHB,

M/56/LBBHB, M/65/RBBHB

F/65/LBBHB, F/68/RBBB

F/65/ST, F/67/ST

Doctor Arroyo

2/7 (28.5)

1/7 (14.2)

F/54/LBBB, F/61/RBBHB

F/55/AF

Total†

8/35 (22.8)

9/35 (25.7)

  1. † χ 2 comparing ECG of seropositive and seronegative groups (P = 0.002) , and ‡ age (P = 0.0001) were significant. AF = Atrial fibrillation; LBBB = Left bundle branch block; LBBHB = Left bundle branch hemiblock; RBBHB = Right bundle branch hemiblock; RBBB = Right bundle branch block; ST = Sinus tachycardia.
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