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Table 2 Echocardiographic data of the study groups

From: Comparison of left ventricular mechanics in runners versus bodybuilders using speckle tracking echocardiography

 

Runner (R)

Bodybuilder (B)

Normal control (N)

p < 0.05

p < 0.01

p < 0.001

IVSd (mm)

10.8 ± 1.4

11.3 ± 1.7

10.6 ± 0.9

   

LVIDd (mm)

49.8 ± 4.8

51.4 ± 4.8

48.2 ± 3.8

B > N

  

LVPWd (mm)

10.5 ± 1.3

10.9 ± 1.3

10.6 ± 0.9

   

LVM (g)

198 ± 52

224 ± 69

186 ± 30

B > N

  

LVMi (g/m 2 )

100 ± 24

105 ± 24

92 ± 15

   

EDV (mL)

176 ± 32

178 ± 36

157 ± 26

R,B > N

  

EDVi (mL/m 2 )

85 ± 16

84 ± 12

77 ± 12

   

ESV (mL)

80 ± 24

72 ± 17

69 ± 16

   

ESVi (mL/m 2 )

37 ± 12

34 ± 7

33 ± 8

   

EF (%)

55 ± 9

60 ± 6

59 ± 5

   

septal S’ (cm/s)

8.4 ± 0.5

8.7 ± 1.6

8.6 ± 0.7

   

lateral S’ (cm/s)

10.7 ± 0.6

10.6 ± 0.4

11.0 ± 0.8

   

longitudinal strain (%)

−19.4 ± 3.4

−23.3 ± 2.1

−24.1 ± 3.0

R < B,N

  

circumferential strain (%)

−26.6 ± 3.8

−22.4 ± 4.3

−26.4 ± 2.7

B < R,N

  

radial strain (%)

42.5 ± 5.5

44.2 ± 8.2

44.1 ± 4.5

   
  1. One-way ANOVA followed by Fisher post-hoc test. Data are presented as mean ± SD. The more negative results represent the greater extent of longitudinal and circumferential deformation. B: bodybuilders (n = 14), EDV: end-diastolic volume, EF: ejection fraction, ESV: end-systolic volume, IVS: interventricular septal thickness, LVID: left ventricular internal diameter, LVM: left ventricular mass, LVPW: left ventricular posterior wall thickness, N: normal controls (n = 15), R: runners (n = 24). “d” refers to end-diastolic measures, “i” for indexed values to body surface area.