Prevalences and associated factors of electrocardiographic abnormalities in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is widely used to screen cardiac diseases. To date, no large population study has provided estimates of the prevalences of ECG findings in China. We aim to investigate the prevalences and associated factors of ECG abnormalities in a general population of Chinese adults.

Methods

ECG data were obtained from 34,965 participants in the 2007-2008 China National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study. ECG abnormalities were classified according to the Minnesota coding (MC) criteria. Prevalences of variant ECG abnormalities were calculated. The associations between ECG abnormalities and gender, age and other risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression test.

Results

The prevalences of majo

SUBMITTER: Yu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488680 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature