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Table 1 Demographic and echocardiographic parameters of the study population

From: Assessment of left ventricular systolic function by non-invasive pressure-strain loop area in young male strength athletes

Variable

Athlete group

(n = 36)

Control group

(n = 32)

P-value

Age (years)

19.50 ± 1.38

20.03 ± 1.06

0.083

Height (m)

1.78 ± 0.07

1.74 ± 0.04

0.005*

Weight (kg)

84.06 ± 14.92

68.34 ± 7.50

<0.001*

SBP (mmHg)

127.58 ± 6.97

125.88 ± 8.84

0.377

DBP (mmHg)

81.06 ± 4.39

80.53 ± 3.76

0.601

HR (bpm)

58 ± 9.08

68 ± 11.07

<0.001*

BSA (m2)

2.02 ± 0.19

1.82 ± 0.10

<0.001*

BMI (kg/m2)

26.25 ± 3.75

22.43 ± 2.27

<0.001*

IVSTd (mm)

10.50 ± 0.48

8.47 ± 0.48

<0.001*

PWTd (mm)

10.67 ± 0.51

8.69 ± 0.0.60

<0.001*

LVDd (mm)

50.57 ± 1.87

45.51 ± 2.56

<0.001*

RWT

0.42 ± 0.01

0.38 ± 0.03

<0.001*

LVMI (g/m2)

99.88 ± 11.76

70.02 ± 9.41

<0.001*

LV-EDVI (mL/m2)

80.17 ± 11.80

59.64 ± 8.42

<0.001*

LV-ESVI (mL/m2)

29.46 ± 5.37

22.15 ± 3.36

<0.001*

LV-SVI (mL/m2)

50.87 ± 7.42

37.20 ± 6.28

<0.001*

LV-CI (1/min/m2)

3.13 ± 0.67

2.50 ± 0.60

<0.001*

LV-EF (%)

62.83 ± 3.19

63.33 ± 2.88

0.907

  1. SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, HR Heart rate, BSA Body surface area, BMI Body mass index, IVSTd Diastolic interventricular septal thickness, PWTd Diastolic posterior wall thickness, LVDd Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, RWT Relative wall thickness, LVMI Left ventricular mass index, EDVI End-diastolic volume index, ESVI End-systolic volume index, SVI Stroke volume index, CI Cardiac index, EF Ejection fraction
  2. *P < 0.05, indicating significantly different from the control group
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