Table 2.
Normative values of left ventricular measures for male athletes attending to sport category
| Low static | Moderate static | High static | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low dynamic | Moderate dynamic | High dynamic | Low dynamic | Moderate dynamic | High dynamic | Low dynamic | Moderate dynamic | High dynamic | ||||||||||
| IA (n = 117) | IB (n = 102) | IC (n = 443) | IIA (n = 39) | IIB (n = 222) | IIC (n = 314) | IIIA (n = 286) | IIIB (n = 83) | IIIC (n = 435) | ||||||||||
| Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | |
| VO2max (mL/kg/min) | 46.3 (8.8) | 60.3 | 54.0 (5.7) | 64.2 | 60.7 (7.7) | 73.9 | 48.9 (9.6) | 65.7 | 54.4 (5.4) | 63.3 | 56.8 (8.3) | 71.2 | 53.1 (7.3) | 64.0 | 51.8 (6.2) | 62.5 | 63.1 (8.2) | 76.5 |
| LVEF (%) | 61 (7) | 72 | 59 (7) | 73 | 61 (7) | 71 | 62.4 (6.3) | 72 | 61 (7) | 72 | 60 (7) | 72 | 60 (7) | 71 | 61 (8) | 74 | 61 (67) | 73 |
| SWT (mm) | 9 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 11 | 10 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 10 | 9 (1) | 12 |
| SWT / BSA (mm/m2) | 4.4 (0.5) | 5.4 | 4.5 (0.5) | 5.5 | 4.9 (0.7) | 6.1 | 4.6 (0.6) | 5.8 | 4.5 (0.5) | 5.4 | 4.5 (0.6) | 5.6 | 4.6 (0.6) | 5.5 | 4.7 (0.6) | 5.4 | 5.0 (0.7) | 6.0 |
| LVEDD (mm) | 52 (4) | 57 | 55 (4) | 60 | 55 (4) | 61 | 52 (4) | 60 | 55 (4) | 62 | 57 (5) | 64 | 55 (5) | 61 | 54 (4) | 63 | 57 (5) | 64 |
| LVEDD /BSA (mm/m2) | 27 (2) | 31 | 27 (2) | 32 | 30 (2) | 34 | 27 (3) | 31 | 27 (2) | 30 | 27 (3) | 33 | 28 (3) | 32 | 28 (2) | 32 | 30 (3) | 35 |
| LVPW (mm) | 8 (1) | 10 | 9 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 11 | 8 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 10 | 9 (1) | 11 | 9 (1) | 10 | 9 (1) | 10 | 9 (1) | 11 |
| LVPW/BSA (mm/m2) | 4.3 (0.5) | 5.3 | 4.4 (0.5) | 5.2 | 4.8 (0.6) | 5.8 | 4.4 (0.5) | 5.8 | 4.3 (0.5) | 5.2 | 4.4 (0.6) | 5.3 | 4.5 (0.5) | 5.4 | 4.6 (0.5) | 5.6 | 4.8 (0.6) | 5.9 |
| LVEDV (mL) | 128 (21) | 162 | 146 (26) | 183 | 151 (23) | 187 | 131 (24) | 178 | 146 (26) | 194 | 160 (30) | 209 | 146 (27) | 189 | 143 (23) | 199 | 159 (29) | 210 |
| LVEDV/BSA (mL/m2) | 66 (11) | 84 | 73 (11) | 94 | 80 (12) | 102 | 68 (12) | 85 | 73 (11) | 89 | 76 (12) | 98 | 75 (11) | 93 | 74 (11) | 98 | 84 (15) | 111 |
| LV mass (g) | 154 (30) | 207 | 180 (38) | 259 | 191 (35) | 247 | 162 (31) | 227 | 180 (39) | 252 | 208 (46) | 297 | 180 (40) | 256 | 178 (34) | 257 | 206 (46) | 291 |
| LV mass / BSA (g/m2) | 79 (14) | 104 | 90 (15) | 118 | 102 (18) | 135 | 84 (15) | 107 | 89 (16) | 114 | 98 (17) | 125 | 92 (15) | 116 | 93 (14) | 119 | 109 (22) | 147 |
Data are mean (SD) and 95th (P95) percentile (in bold)
BSA body surface area, LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVPW LV posterior wall, SWT septal wall thickness, VO2max, maximum oxygen uptake