Table 4.
Clinical characteristics of the longitudinal training cohort
| Football (n = 78) | P* | Crew (n = 68) | p* | |||
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| Pre-season | Post-season | Pre-season | Post-season | |||
| Age, years | 18.7 ± 0.6 | --- | 18.7 ± 0.6 | --- | ||
| Race | --- | --- | ||||
| Caucasian | 56 (71.8%) | --- | 60 (88.2%) | --- | ||
| Black | 19 (24.4%) | --- | 2 (2.9%) | --- | ||
| Asian | 0 | --- | 6 (8.8%) | --- | ||
| Latino | 3 (3.8%) | --- | 0 | --- | ||
| Height, inches | 73.6 ± 2.7 | --- | 73.6 ± 2.7 | --- | ||
| Weight, pounds | 219.1 ± 35.4 | 223.2 ± 35.2 | <0.001 | 182.7 ± 22.8 | 183.1 ± 22.7 | 0.31 |
| BMI | 28.3 ± 3.7 | 28.9 ± 3.7 | <0.001 | 23.6 ± 2.6 | 23.7 ± 2.5 | 0.35 |
| HTN | 0 | --- | 0 | --- | ||
| Family history of HTN | 21 (26.9%) | --- | 6 (8.8%) | --- | ||
| Medication use | 9 (11.5%) | --- | 9 (13.2%) | --- | ||
| Resting HR, bpm | 66.6 ± 6.6 | 66.5 ± 9.7 | 0.895 | 61.3 ± 6.3 | 55.7 ± 4.5 | <0.001 |
| Systolic BP, mmHg | 116.3 ± 9.0 | 125.3 ± 13.3 | <0.001 | 114.4 ± 8.7 | 111.5 ± 8.2 | 0.002 |
| Diastolic BP, mmHg | 64.7 ± 10.8 | 67.3 ± 10.8 | 0.008 | 60.8 ± 9.3 | 58.7 ± 7.8 | 0.006 |
| Prior training volume | ||||||
| Total, hrs/w | 9.8 ± 2.4 | --- | 10.9 ± 3.8 | |||
| Strength, hrs/w | 7.3 ± 2.6 | --- | 2.8 ± 3.0 | --- | ||
| Endurance, hrs/w | 2.6 ± 2.1 | --- | 7.8 ± 4.6 | --- | ||
BMI: body mass index, HTN: hypertension, FH: family history, HR: heart rate, BP: blood pressure, hrs/w: hours/week
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compared to pre-season within a sport