Table 1. The clinical and demographical data of the volunteers separated for the different age groups are given.

	20–40 years	40–60 years	>60 years	p values
				I vs II/I vs III/II vs III
Age [years]	30±6	49±5	63±3	<0.001/<0.001/<0.001
PCr/ATP	2.10±0.37	1.77±0.36	1.45±0.27	<0.001/<0.001/<0.001
EF [%]	63±6	61±5	59±7	0.21/0.057/0.65
E/A	1.40±0.34	1.16±0.30	0.90±0.27	0.012/<0.001/0.002
Myocardial Mass, [g/m2]	123±41	194±71	210±69	0.001/0.001/1.00
SBP [mmHg]	119±8	128±14	129±15	0.012/0.008/0.454
DBP [mmHg]	78±8	84±8	85±9	0.024/0.033/0.526
Glucose [mg/dl]	85±18	93±11	94±11	0.14/0.06/0.45
Cholesterol [mg/dl]	204±60	219±39	206±46	0.20/1.00/0.54
LDL [mg/dl]	124±46	140±35	129±43	0.057/1.00/0.60
HDL [mg/dl]	55±11	56±15	56±14	1.00/1.00/1.00
BMI [kg/m2]	23.6±4.1	25.5±2.8	25.5±2.8	0.002/0.057/1.00

Significant differences are marked by bold letters.