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Table 3 Adjusted hazard ratio of NSVT burden according to the mean CL of the episodes (adjusted for multiples episodes per patients, GEEM)

From: Cycle length of nonsustanied ventricular tachycardias among ICD patients: implications on subsequent appropriate therapies

Mean CL of NSVTs (ms)

Number of patients

HR (95% CI)

p value

 ≤ 310

58

1.06 (1.01–1.12)

0.03

311–330

156

1.05 (1.03–1.08)

< 0.001

331–400

36

1.07 (1.02–1.13)

0.012

  1. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis
  2. NSVT nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, CL cycle length, GEEM generalized estimating equations method, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval