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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010 Sep 21;23(12):1317–1322. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.08.014

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of study population

Women (n=144) Men (n=107)
NW (n=102) OW (n=42) NW (n=47) OW (n=60)
Age (years) 46 ± 14 47 ± 12 43 ± 16 47 ± 13
Height (cm) 163 ± 6 163 ± 6 179 ± 7 180 ± 7
BSA (m2) 1.64 ± 0.12 1.78 ± 0.11* 1.92 ± 0.14 2.07 ± 0.13*
BMI (kg/m2) 22.2 ± 1.8 27.1 ± 1.5* 22.9 ± 1.7 27.4 ± 1.4*
Heart rate (bpm) 63 ± 9 66 ± 9 61 ± 10 63 ± 11
SBP (mmHg) 109 ± 11 112 ± 9‡ 116 ± 9 116 ± 8
DBP (mmHg) 71 ± 7 74 ± 7‡ 75 ± 6 77 ± 6‡

BSA, body surface area; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; NW, normal weight; OW, overweight; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

Variables expressed as mean ± SD.

*

p ≤ .001,

†

p ≤ .01,

‡

p < .05 vs. NW.