. 2023 Mar 28;37(3):844–855. doi: 10.1111/jvim.16691

TABLE 4.

Association of peak athletic conditioning (Condition 1 status, n = 27), body weight, age and sex with selected echocardiographic measures of structure, volume and function in normal North American whippets.

	N	Condition 1 status (yes/no)	Body weight (kg)	Age (mo)	Sex (M/F)
Structural measures
LADLax (cm)	99	NS	r = .40, P < .0001	NS	NS
LASax (cm)	96	NS	r = .28, P = .03	NS	NS
AoLax (cm)	99	NS	r = .37, P < .0001	NS	NS
AoSax (cm)	96	NS	r = .41, P < .0001	NS	NS
LA:AoLax	98	NS	NS	NS	NS
LA:AoSax	96	NS	NS	NS	NS
IVSd (cm) ^a	97	NS	NS	NS	NS
LVIDd (cm)	97	NS	r = .42, P < .0001	NS	NS
LVWd (cm)	97	NS	NS	NS	NS
IVSs (cm) ^a	97	NS	NS	NS	NS
LVIDs (cm)	97	NS	r = .28, P = .002	NS	NS
LVWs (cm)	97	NS	NS	NS	NS
LVIDdN (cm/kg³³²)	97	NS	NS	NS	NS
LVIDsN (cm/kg⁴³³)	97	NS	NS	NS	NS
LVmass (g)	97	r = .18, P = .03	r = .34, P < .0001	NS	NS
LVmass/kg ^a (g/kg)	97	r = .21, P = .04	NS	NS	NS
EPSS (cm) ^a	90	NS	NS	NS	NS
Volume measures
dLVvol (mL) ^a	99	NS	r = .50, P < .0001	NS	NS
sLVvol (mL) ^a	99	NS	r = .36, P = .0001	NS	NS
dLVvol/kg (mL/kg)	99	NS	NS	NS	NS
sLVvol/kg (mL/kg)	99	NS	NS	NS	NS
SV (mL)	99	NS	r = .46, P < .0001	NS	NS
SV/kg	99	NS	NS	NS	NS
Functional measures
EF (%) ^a	99	NS	NS	NS	NS
FS (%) ^a	96	NS	NS	NS	NS
Evel (m/s)	97	NS	NS	r = −.35, P = .0005	NS
Avel (m/s) ^a	97	NS	NS	r = .27, P = .009	NS
E/A	97	NS	NS	r = −.42, P < .0001	NS

Note: The r value is presented to estimate the strength of the association when significant (P < .05, bold).

Abbreviations: Ao, aortic valve; IVS, interventricular septum; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; MV, mitral valve; NS, association was not significant; PV, pulmonic valve; SMOD, Simpson's method of discs; TDI, tissue Doppler imaging; 2‐D, 2‐dimensional imaging.

^{^a}

Reject normality (Shapiro‐Wilk test).