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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and echocardiographic parameters

From: Difference in cardiac remodeling between female athletes and pregnant women: a case control study

Parameter

Pregnant women

Athletes

Controls

P (athletes vs pregnant women)

P (pregnant women vs controls)

P (athletes vs controls)

Age (years)

35.4 ± 5.7

23.2 ± 5.3

34.9 ± 7.9

< 0.001

0.64

< 0.001

Height (cm)

164.9 ± 6.5

167 ± 7.1

166.4 ± 5.1

0.195

0.31

0.61

Weight (kg)

67.7 ± 7.85

58.7 ± 5.69

56.2 ± 6.5

0.364

0.06

0.22

BMI (kg/m2)

24.94 ± 2.14

20.93 ± 1.04

20.25 ± 1.93

0.004

0.001

0.22

BSA (m2)

1.74 ± 0.12

1.66 ± 0.12

1.62 ± 0.11

0.037

0.28

0.28

SBP (mmHg)

115.79 ± 0.39

116.85 ± 0.97

116.4 ± 10.75

0.50

0.08

0.38

DBP (mmHg)

73.61 ± 0.31

72.63 ± 0.80

7.4 ± 7.17

0.29

0.96

0.3

HR (bpm)

70.39 ± 10.35

70.19 ± 14.23

70.7 ± 11.31

0.96

0.26

0.36

IVS (mm)

9.2 ± 0.9

8.8 ± 0.8

8.5 ± 0.7

0.14

0.006

0.97

PW (mm)

8.9 ± 1.3

8.5 ± 0.8

8.3 ± 0.6

0.26

0.06

0.67

LA (mm)

37.4 ± 2.6

32 ± 2.5

31.3 ± 2.2

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.1

LVCM (g)

171.85 ± 29

146,98 ± 20.98

148.42 ± 32.1

0.004

0.01

0.89

iLVCM (g/m2)

98.5 ± 14.7

95.5 ± 14.9

91.98 ± 21.37

0.534

0.28

0.74

LVEDD (mm)

48.4 ± 3.1

49.1 ± 9.9

48.3 ± 2.6

0.916

0.26

0.47

LVESD (mm)

30.1 ± 3.3

28.7 ± 4.2

28 ± 3.3

0.263

0.12

0.39

iLVEDD (mm/m2)

28.4 ± 2.8

29.8 ± 6.3

28.4 ± 4.6

0.437

0.36

0.52

RWT

0.37 ± 0.06

0.35 ± 0.05

0.35 ± 0.02

0.263

0.71

0.98

LVEDV (mm3)

85.5 ± 23

81.6 ± 14.1

77 ± 13.1

0.517

0.16

0.11

LVESV (mm3)

35.1 ± 10.7

30.5 ± 5.8

32.1 ± 5.7

0.097

0.36

0.28

Wstr

63.05 ± 10.59

59.36 ± 10.49

60.9 ± 13.8

0.09

0.62

0.35

LVCM/EDV (g/mm3)

2.13 ± 0.55

1.80 ± 0.33

1.95 ± 0.43

0.03

0.23

0.24

iLVCM/EDV (g/mm5)

1.22 ± 0.32

1.20 ± 0.26

1.21 ± 0.31

0.81

0.94

0.14

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. BMI body mass index, BSA body surface area, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, IVS interventricular septum, PW posterior wall, LA left atrium, LVCM left ventricular cardiac mass (i: indexed); LVEDD LV end-diastolic diameter (i: indexed), LVESD end-systolic diameter, RWT relative wall thickness, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end systolic volume, Wstr parietal systolic stress