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-==Prevalence of ECG abnormalities in atheletes==
+==Prevalence of ECG abnormalities in athletes==
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-|+'''Table 3: Prevalence of ECG abnormalities in an unselected population of 32 652 young individuals undergoing the pre-participation cardiovascular screening'''
+|colspan="2"|+Table 3: Prevalence of ECG abnormalities in an unselected population of 32 652 young individuals undergoing the pre-participation cardiovascular screening
-{| width="100%" cellspacing="10"
+|-
-| align="left" valign="top" | ECG abnormalities
+! ECG abnormalities
 | align="left" valign="top" | Athletes, ''n'' (%)
 |-
-| colspan="2" |
+! Negative T-waves in precordial/standard leads
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-|-
-| align="left" valign="top" | Negative T-waves in precordial/standard leads
 | align="left" valign="top" | 751 (2.3)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | RBBB
+! RBBB
 | align="left" valign="top" | 351 (1.0)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | Increased R/S wave voltages (suggestive of LVH)
+! Increased R/S wave voltages (suggestive of LVH)
 | align="left" valign="top" | 247 (0.8)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | Left anterior fascicular block
+! Left anterior fascicular block
 | align="left" valign="top" | 162 (0.5)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | Pre-excitation pattern
+! Pre-excitation pattern
 | align="left" valign="top" | 42 (0.1)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | LBBB
+! LBBB
 | align="left" valign="top" | 19 (0.1)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | Prolonged corrected QT interval
+! Prolonged corrected QT interval
 | align="left" valign="top" | 1 (0.003)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | Others (incomplete RBBB, prolonged PR interval, early repolarization pattern)
+! Others (incomplete RBBB, prolonged PR interval, early repolarization pattern)
 | align="left" valign="top" | 2280 (7.0)
 |-
-| align="left" valign="top" | Total
+! Total
 | align="left" valign="top" | 3853 (11.8)
-|}
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"  font-size="80%"|
+RBBB, right bundle branch block; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LBBB, left bundle branch block.<cite>Pellicia</cite>
+|-
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-RBBB, right bundle branch block; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LBBB, left bundle branch block.
 ==References==