Table 1.

Baseline (resting) subject characteristics and echocardiographic measurements

Height (m)	1.7 ± 0.1
Weight (kg)	73.7 ± 9.3
Body surface area (m2)	1.9 ± 0.2
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	120.6 ± 9.7
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	67.5 ± 6.4
Heart rate (beats min−1)	62.8 ± 11.7
LV length (mm)	79.6 ± 0.5
LV end-diastolic volume (ml)	110.8 ± 20.1
LV end-systolic volume (ml)	44.2 ± 7.8
End-diastolic LV internal diameter (mm)	48.1 ± 3.2
Interventricular septum thickness (mm)	8.3 ± 1.0
Posterior wall thickness (mm)	8.5 ± 0.9
LV mass (g)	147.3 ± 22.7
Left atrial anterior-posterior dimension (mm)	34.0 ± 2.3

Data presented as means ± SD.