QT and P-wave dispersion during the manic phase of bipolar disorder

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Table 1 Characteristics and cardiac parameters of patient and control groups

	Patients (n=44)	Controls (n=34)	p	t
Age, years	31.8±8.77	36.12±12.35	P>0.05
Sex (F/M)	26/18	21/13	P>0.05
QTcd, ms	50.95±15.37	35.14±12.05	P<0.001	4.935
QTcmax, ms	440,43±32.82	420,85±27.07	P<0.01	2.815
QTcmin, ms	467.81±514.79	385.70±25.68	0.356
Pd, ms	33.2±9.34	30.4±9.40	0.204
Pmin, ms	145±11.9	76.2±15.3	p<0.01	3.337
Pmax, ms	160±24.1	132.1±14.5	0.214

Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the values are given as mean ± SD (range).

Abbreviations: QTcd, corrected QT dispersion; QTcmax, corrected maximum QT interval; QTcmin, corrected manimum QT interval; Pd, P-wave dispersion; Pmin, minimum P-wave duration; Pmax, maximum P-wave duration.