“…The second more frequent major ECG abnormalities was ventricular conduction defect (complete or intermittent intraventricular blocks) and were more frequent in women, but with no statistically significant difference (0.56% vs 1.06%; p = 0.208). A study carried out in Latinos and Polish found similar findings [17] , [38] , while studies in South Africans, middle-aged Africans, French and Americans found different results [10] , [13] , [18] , [39] . The ventricular conduction defect in this sample can be explained by the higher proportion of individuals with hypertension as this condition is known to be harmful for the ventricular conduction system [3] , [4] , [40] , [41] .…”