Kapuaola S Gellert1, Pentti Rautaharju2, Michelle L Snyder3, Eric A Whitsel4, Kunihiro Matsushita5, Gerardo Heiss3, Elsayed Z Soliman6. 1. Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Electronic address: kapuaola@email.unc.edu. 2. Department of Public Health Sciences, Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 4. Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 5. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. 6. Department of Public Health Sciences, Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; Department of Medicine, Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The electrocardiographic (ECG) Tpeak-Tend interval (TpTe) is associated with arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. TpTe offers a supplementary measure for the QT interval (QT), yet its repeatability has not been established. PURPOSE: Evaluate short-term repeatability of TpTe and QT. METHODS: Four ECGs were obtained on sixty participants. The sources of variation, intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) - an index of reproducibility - and minimal detectable change (MDC) were estimated for TpTe and QT. The impact of repeated measurements on repeatability was estimated for a hypothetical clinical trial designed to detect drug-induced prolongation of TpTe and QT. RESULTS: We used heart rate-adjusted QT [(QT)a] but TpTe in the study group was rate-invariant. The ICC [95% confidence interval (CI)] was 0.77 (0.69, 0.85) for TpTe, 0.75 (0.65, 0.85) for QT and 0.60 (0.47, 0.73) for (QT)a. The MDC (ms) was 21, 32 and 26 for TpTe, QT and (QT)a respectively. CONCLUSION: TpTe has excellent repeatability supporting its use as a supplement to QT in observational and clinical studies.
BACKGROUND: The electrocardiographic (ECG) Tpeak-Tend interval (TpTe) is associated with arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. TpTe offers a supplementary measure for the QT interval (QT), yet its repeatability has not been established. PURPOSE: Evaluate short-term repeatability of TpTe and QT. METHODS: Four ECGs were obtained on sixty participants. The sources of variation, intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) - an index of reproducibility - and minimal detectable change (MDC) were estimated for TpTe and QT. The impact of repeated measurements on repeatability was estimated for a hypothetical clinical trial designed to detect drug-induced prolongation of TpTe and QT. RESULTS: We used heart rate-adjusted QT [(QT)a] but TpTe in the study group was rate-invariant. The ICC [95% confidence interval (CI)] was 0.77 (0.69, 0.85) for TpTe, 0.75 (0.65, 0.85) for QT and 0.60 (0.47, 0.73) for (QT)a. The MDC (ms) was 21, 32 and 26 for TpTe, QT and (QT)a respectively. CONCLUSION:TpTe has excellent repeatability supporting its use as a supplement to QT in observational and clinical studies.
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