Table 6.
Pearson linear correlation coefficients between training parameters and echocardiographic variables (RG = 24)
| VO2 max (mL.kg-1.min-1) |
VCO2
max (mL.kg-1.min-1) |
Pulmonary ventilation (L.min-1) |
Duration of strength training (years) |
Weekly duration of training (days) |
Daily duration of training (min/day) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interventricular septum thickness (mm) | –0.640* | 0.362 | 0.303 | –0.630* | 0.150 | 0.136 |
| Posterior ventricular wall thickness (mm) | 0.001 | –0.016 | 0.209 | 0.260 | –0.139 | 0.032 |
| LV mass (g) | –0.140 | –0.137 | –0.015 | –0.110 | –0.248 | –0.100 |
| Resting heart rate (bpm) | –0.650* | –0.550 | –0.414 | –0.659* | –0.163 | –0.244 |
| Baseline SBP (mmHg) | 0.177 | 0.311 | 0.341 | –0.074 | –0.023 | –0.212 |
| Baseline DBP (mmHg) | 0.183 | 0.279 | 0.258 | 0.701 | 0.254 | –0.101 |
RG: long-distance runners group; LV: left ventricle; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; VO2: oxygen uptake, VCO2: carbon dioxide production. Significance level
*
p < 0.05.