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Supplemental Table 5. Echocardiographic features of the military women attended the 3000-m run test and those attended the 2-min push-up test.

Echocardiographic characteristics Participants attended the 3000-m run test (N = 177) Participants attended the 2-min push-up test (N = 89)
Q1-performance (< 965 sec) (N = 47) Q4-performance (≥ 1100 sec) (N = 42) p value Q1-performance (> 40 times) (N = 25) T3-performance (< 30 times) (N = 28) p value
Aortic valve open (mm), PLAX 18.77 ± 1.93 19.12 ± 2.10 0.41 20.00 ± 1.58 18.14 ± 1.53 < 0.001
Aortic root dimension (mm), PALX 27.26 ± 3.24 29.45 ± 3.56 0.003 29.40 ± 3.35 26.75 ± 2.06 0.001
LV posterior wall (mm), PLAX 7.09 ± 0.74 7.33 ± 0.68 0.10 7.08 ± 0.64 7.04 ± 0.83 0.83
LV internal dimension in diastole (mm), PLAX 44.85 ± 3.07 45.74 ± 3.28 0.19 45.32 ± 3.26 45.18 ± 2.77 0.86
Interventricular septum (mm), PLAX 7.17 ± 0.70 7.57 ± 0.80 0.01 7.40 ± 0.70 7.14 ± 1.04 0.30
RV wall thickness (mm), PLAX 4.27 ± 0.49 4.50 ± 0.69 0.09 4.34 ± 0.64 4.34 ± 0.45 0.99
RV outflow tract dimension in diastole (mm), PLAX 26.04 ± 3.87 26.02 ± 4.03 0.98 27.72 ± 3.50 25.25 ± 4.02 0.02
Left atrial dimension (mm), PLAX 31.91 ± 4.88 32.60 ± 4.22 0.48 33.72 ± 3.44 29.93 ± 3.24 < 0.001
LV mass (gm) 100.37 ± 18.24 109.80 ± 19.00 0.01 104.32 ± 19.02 101.33 ± 21.00 0.59
LV mass index (gm/m2) 63.83 ± 9.76 64.87 ± 9.25 0.60 63.49 ± 8.44 62.03 ± 10.27 0.57
LV hypertrophy 2 [4.3] 1 [2.4] 0.62 0 [0.0] 1 [3.6] 0.34
RV hypertrophy 0 [0.0] 6 [14.3] 0.007 2 [8.0] 1 [3.6] 0.48
LV ejection fraction (%), PLAX 62.15 ± 4.67 61.17 ± 4.60 0.32 63.32 ± 5.08 62.14 ± 5.34 0.41
Aortic regurgitation ≥ mild grade 0 [0.0] 1 [2.4] 0.28 1 [4.0] 0 [0.0] 0.28
Mitral regurgitation ≥ mild grade 32 [68.1] 31 [73.8] 0.55 21 [84.0] 21 [75.0] 0.42
Pulmonary regurgitation ≥ mild grade 31 [66.0] 26 [61.9] 0.69 19 [76.0] 20 [71.4] 0.70
Tricuspid regurgitation ≥ mild grade 37 [78.7] 35 [83.3] 0.58 23 [92.0] 27 [96.4] 0.48
RV systolic pressure (mmHg) 26.94 ± 5.33 27.81 ± 3.76 0.38 27.56 ± 3.58 27.96 ± 4.41 0.71
E-wave velocity (cm/sec) 91.96 ± 14.20 92.66 ± 19.51 0.84 95.48 ± 15.91 94.36 ± 15.29 0.79
A-wave velocity (cm/sec) 49.68 ± 9.12 53.27 ± 11.88 0.11 50.19 ± 10.58 48.97 ± 9.40 0.65
Mitral inflow E/A ratio 1.89 ± 0.38 1.81 ± 0.53 0.38 1.99 ± 0.59 1.99 ± 0.49 0.99
E′ velocity (cm/sec) 17.48 ± 3.55 17.99 ± 3.92 0.52 18.50 ± 4.34 19.69 ± 4.31 0.32
A′ velocity (cm/sec) 8.32 ± 2.18 9.32 ± 2.70 0.057 9.34 ± 2.31 8.67 ± 2.11 0.27
Lateral mitral annulus E′/A′ ratio 2.23 ± 0.72 2.05 ± 0.61 0.19 2.09 ± 0.74 2.41 ± 0.83 0.15

Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD (standard deviation), and categorical variables as N [%].

LV, left ventricle; PLAX, echocardiographic parasternal long axis view; PSAX, echocardiographic parasternal short axis view; RV, right ventricle.