Baseline characteristics of the CARLA collective – differentiated according to sex and presence of prolonged QT time.

Geometric means with respective 95% confidence intervals.Abbreviation: cQT: Bazett corrected QT interval; sTNF-R1: Soluble tumor necrosis factor type 1; hsCRP: High-sensitive C-reactive protein; IL-6: Interleukin 6; BMI: Body mass index; BP = Blood pressure; HDL: High density lipoprotein; TSH: Thyroid stimulating hormone.* Proportion referred to the whole sample, ** Proportion within subgroup; †p-values refer to subgroups differences of subject with and without prolonged QT time within sexes.