TABLE 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the Study Participants (N = 104)
| Age, yrs | 20–76; 41 ± 16 |
| Women | 31 |
| Proportion with regular aerobic exercise | 39 |
| Body surface area, m2 | 1.85 ± 0.18 |
| Mean arterial blood pressure, mm Hg | 99 ± 12 |
| Resting hemodynamic parameters | |
| Peak oxygen uptake, ml/m2/min | 156.1 ± 27.7 |
| Heart rate, beats/min | 77 ± 13 |
| Cardiac index, l/m2/min | 2.9 ± 0.9 |
| Indexed stroke volume, ml/m2 | 37 ± 10 |
| Arteriovenous oxygen difference, vol % | 5.8 ± 1.2 |
| Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, mm Hg | 2 ± 3 |
| Indexed left ventricular end-diastolic volume, ml/m2 | 59 ± 17 |
| Resting ejection fraction, % | 64 ± 9 |
Values are range, mean ± SD, or %, unless otherwise indicated.