Table 2. Morphological and functional properties of the heart and characteristics of study participants stratified by gender.
BMI: body mass index, BSA: body surface area, EF: ejection fraction, LVEDVI: left ventricular end-diastolic volume index, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, RWT: relative wall thickness.
| Heart properties | Overall (mean ± SD) | Gender | P-value | |
| Male | Female | |||
| Age | 41.3±12.4 | 39.6 | 47.8 | 0.007* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 39±9.3 | 37.4 | 45.1 | 0.003* |
| BSA (m2) | 2.32±0.16 | 2.33 | 2.27 | 0.158 |
| EF (%) | 55.7±2.8 | 55.7 | 55.8 | 0.894 |
| RWT | 0.378±0.07 | 0.374 | 0.394 | 0.149 |
| LVEDVI (ml/m2) | 48.3±11.6 | 48.8 | 46.4 | 0.395 |
| LVMI (g/m2) | 28.5±5.84 | 28.9 | 27 | 0.2 |