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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Oct 7;39(4):895–900. doi: 10.1002/jmri.24239

Table 2.

Left ventricular volumes, mass and ejection fraction by sex in the healthy reference group.

Men Women P, Men vs. Women
Mean±SD P95 Mean±SD P95
Unindexed
 EDV, ml 149±29 197 112±21 149 <0.0001
 ESV, ml 44±14 69 31±9 47 <0.0001
 SV, ml 105±20 139 81±15 105 <0.0001
 LVM, g 99±21 133 58±13 80 <0.0001
 LVM/EDV 0.85±0.15 1.15 0.74±0.11 0.95 <0.0001
Indexed for HT
 EDV/HT 85±16 111 69±12 87 <0.0001
 ESV/HT 25±8 39 19±5 28 <0.0001
 SV/HT 60±11 78 50±9 64 <0.0001
 LVM/HT 56±11 74 36±7 49 <0.0001
Indexed for HT2.7
 EDV/HT2.7 32±6 43 30±5 38 <0.0001
 ESV//HT2.7 10±3 15 8±2 12 <0.0001
 SV//HT2.7 23±4 30 22±4 28 0.002
 LVM//HT2.7 21±5 29 16±3 22 <0.0001
Indexed for BSA
 EDV/BSA 74±14 99 64±10 80 <0.0001
 ESV/BSA 22±7 34 18±5 26 <0.0001
 SV/BSA 52±9 67 46±7 59 <0.0001
 LVM/BSA 49±9 64 33±6 44 <0.0001
Mean P5 Mean P5
LV EF, % 71±6 60 73±6 63 0.0002

P95 indicates the upper 95th percentile limit; P5 the 5th percentile limit. BSA=body surface area, EDV=end-diastolic volume, EF=ejection fraction, ESV=end-systolic volume, HT=height, LVM=left ventricular mass, SV=stroke volume. Concentricity is denoted by LVM/EDV.