Table 3.

Left and right ventricular volumes relative to the post-mortem weight of the heart.

Parameter	Age groups			Female	Male (all)	All	p-value (one-way ANOVA, age)
	23–58 Months	63–106 Months	110–168 Months
LV-EDVHW (μl/g)	337 ± 60	277 ± 54	275 ± 33	297 ± 65	294 ± 49	296 ± 56	0.02*
LV-ESVHW (μl/g)	145 ± 24	124 ± 28	119 ± 22	131 ± 34	127 ± 19	129 ± 27	0.07
LV-SVHW (μl/g)	192 ± 48	154 ± 37	156 ± 28	166 ± 44	168 ± 40	167 ± 41	0.08
RV-EDVHW (μl/g)	267 ± 59	187 ± 25	175 ± 50	213 ± 78	200 ± 40	206 ± 61	<0.001*
RV-ESVHW (μl/g)	155 ± 25	110 ± 20	99 ± 23	119 ± 42	120 ± 23	119 ± 33	<0.001*
RV-SVHW (μl/g)	112 ± 40	76 ± 19	76 ± 37	94 ± 40	80 ± 30	87 ± 36	0.055

All data given as arithmetic mean and standard deviation. Significance level p < 0.05.