Table 2. Characteristics of athlete and non-athlete men and women.
| Athletes | Non-athletes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Men | Women | All | Men | Women | |
| n | 126 | 94 | 32 | 155 | 109 | 46 |
| LVEF (%) | 58.5±6.3 | 57.8±4.3 | 60.4±9.7 | 59.4±4.3 | 59.5±4.4 | 58.4±4.2 |
| LVEDVi (ml/m 2 ) | 116.2±17.4 * | 121.4±14.9 ‡ | 102.4±16.2 | 92.9±12.9 | 97.3±11.1 ‡ | 84.4±13.2 |
| LVESVi (ml/m 2 ) | 48.8±11.2 * | 51.4±9.6 ‡ | 41.9±12.1 | 37.8±7.6 | 39.5±7.3 ‡ | 35.4±8.0 |
| LVMi (g/m 2 ) | 81.1±19.6 * | 88.1±15.9 ‡ | 62.4±16.0 | 61.3±13.9 | 68.1±10.4 ‡ | 47.0±10.1 |
| LVSVi (ml/m 2 ) | 67.6±8.3 * | 69.8±8.1 ‡ | 61.6±5.6 | 54.8±7.8 | 57.8±6.8 ‡ | 49.0±6.8 |
| RVEF (%) | 57.9±6.2 | 57.1±4.0 | 60.2±9.9 | 58.5±4.8 | 58.2±4.9 | 58.2±4.4 |
| RVEDVi (ml/m 2 ) | 121.5±19.6 * | 127.8±17.4 ‡ | 106.0±17.3 | 95.5±15.2 | 100.7±14.1 ‡ | 85.7±13.4 |
| RVESVi (ml/m 2 ) | 53.2±11.3 * | 55.8±10.9 ‡ | 46.6±9.9 | 39.8±9.6 | 42.6±9.9 ‡ | 35.3±7.3 |
| RVSVi (ml/m 2 ) | 68.2±10.2 * | 70.7±9.5 ‡ | 61.5±9.2 | 56.7±7.0 | 58.3±6.4 ‡ | 52.4±7.7 |
| RVMi (g/m 2 ) | 29.9±6.1 * | 32.5±4.6 ‡ | 23.5±5.4 | 24.4±4.3 | 25.3±3.5 ‡ | 20.1±3.0 |
n—number of individuals; LVEF—left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDVi—left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVESVi—left ventricular end-systolic ventricular index; LVMi—left ventricular mass index; LVSVi—left ventricular stroke volume index; RVEF—right ventricular ejection fraction; RVEDVi—right ventricular end-diastolic volume index; RVESVi—right ventricular end-systolic volume index; RVSVi—right ventricular stroke volume index; RVMi—right ventricular mass index.
* p<0.01 versus all non-athletes,
‡ p<0.01 versus women.
Age was not different between study groups.