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SUBMITTER: Noseworthy PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3481183 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Noseworthy Peter A PA Peloso Gina M GM Hwang Shih-Jen SJ Larson Martin G MG Levy Daniel D O'Donnell Christopher J CJ Newton-Cheh Christopher C
Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc 20120813 4
<h4>Background</h4>The association between QT interval and mortality has been demonstrated in large, prospective population-based studies, but the strength of the association varies considerably based on the method of heart rate correction. We examined the QT-mortality relationship in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS).<h4>Methods</h4>Participants in the first (original cohort, n = 2,365) and second generation (offspring cohort, n = 4,530) cohorts were included in this study with a mean follow up ...[more]