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Table 1 Subject details

From: Moderately trained male football players, compared to sedentary male adults, exhibit anatomical but not functional cardiac remodelling, a cross-sectional study

 

Athletes

Controls

Difference

Parameter

  

p-value

N

23

16

 

Demography

Age (years)

25 (18–31)

23 (19–31)

0.329

Weight (kg)

79 (67–93)

85 (55–110)

0.128

Height (m)

1.81 (1.65–1.95)

1.87 (1.70–1.96)

0.061

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.1 (21.9–26.1)

24.4 (19.0–31.5)

0.877

Body surface area (m2)

2.00 (1.78–2.25)

2.12 (1.63–2.43)

0.043

Exercise per week (hours)

12 (8–20)

1 (0–4)

< 0.001

Heart rate at rest (beats/min)

58 (47–85)

71 (59–82)

0.007

Systolic blood pressure at rest (mmHg)

130 (110–150)

130 (120–160)

0.612

Bicycle exercise test

Max load (Watts)

380 (300–440)

300 (210–380)

< 0.001

Max heart rate (beats/min)

184 (169–203)

190 (171–203)

0.012

Calc max oxygen consumption (L/min)

3.98 (3.09–4.64)

3.19 (2.16–3.98)

< 0.001

Calc max oxygen consumption (mL/kg/min)

49.7 (43.0–56.7)

37.4 (29.0–47.4)

< 0.001

  1. Values are median and interquartile range