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Table 5 Group 2 (potentially pathologic) ECG findings in athletes and controls

From: Electrocardiographic pattern of apparently healthy African adolescent athletes in Nigeria

ECG Abnormality

Athletes (N = 180)

n (%)

Controls (N = 180)

n (%)

Left axis deviation

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

Prolonged QTc interval

3 (1.7)

2 (1.1)

Short QTc interval

3 (1.7)

2 (1.1)

Short PR interval

4 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

Right atrial enlargement

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

Left atrial enlargement

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

Tall T waves in V5, V6

1 (0.6)

8 (4.4)

Total

14 (7.7)

14 (7.7)