Liver Stiffness, Not Fat Liver Content, Predicts the Length of QTc Interval in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Table 1

Main demographic and clinical features of the derivation cohort. Continuous variables are shown as medians (IQR), while categorical variables are shown as frequencies (%).

Gender,
Males	193 (55.3%)
Females	156 (44.7%)
Age, years	63 (52 – 72)
Liver stiffness, kPa	6.0 (4.8 – 7.7)
CAP, dB/m	242 (213 – 285)
Etiology of liver disease
NAFLD	105 (30.1%)
Chronic viral hepatitis	200 (57.3%)
Other etiologies	44 (12.6%)
BMI, kg/m^2	25.7 (23.5 – 29.3)
<25	154 (44.1%)
25-29.9	124 (35.5%)
≥30	71 (20.4%)
Waist circumference, cm	98 (90 – 107)
Males	102 (94 – 109)
Females	94 (84 – 103)
T2DM,
No	279 (79.9%)
Yes	70 (20.1%)
Alcohol consumption,
No	202 (57.9%)
Regular consumption	119 (34.1%)
Regular alcohol abuse	27 (7.7%)
Binge drinking	1 (0.3%)
Cigarettes smoke,
Never smoked	146 (41.8%)
Previous smoker	138 (39.5%)
Current smoker, <15 cigarettes daily	39 (11.2%)
Current smoker, ≥15 cigarettes daily	26 (7.5%)
Physical activity,
Sedentary lifestyle	149 (42.7%)
<30 minutes of walk/day	96 (27.5%)
≥30 minutes of walk/day	104 (29.8%)

Abbreviations: BMI: body max index; CAP: controlled attenuation parameter; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; QTc: corrected QT interval; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus.