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Table 1 Annual change in left ventricular volumes, mass and function in healthy adult subjects

From: Normative annual changes in left ventricular volumes, mass and function among healthy adults: a prospective cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study

Parameter

Month 0

Month 12

Mean difference

p

LVEF (%)

69.4 ± 7.8

70.4 ± 6.8

1.1 ± 3.5

0.25

LVEDV (mL)

136.0 ± 27.8

136.3 ± 23.4

0.3 ± 10.9

0.91

LVEDVI (mL/m2)

70.2 ± 16.5

70.2 ± 13.2

-0.03 ± 6.0

0.99

LVESV (mL)

43.3 ± 17.2

41.3 ± 14.1

-2.0 ± 6.8

0.26

LVESVI (mL/m2)

22.3 ± 9.5

21.3 ± 7.2

-1.0 ± 3.8

0.29

LVSV (mL)

92.9 ± 13.7

95.1 ± 13.1

2.1 ± 8.3

0.32

LVSVI (mL/m2)

47.8 ± 8.6

48.9 ± 7.9

1.1 ± 4.6

0.37

LVM (g)

131.5 ± 27.6

126.8 ± 27.8

-4.8 ± 8.4

0.04*

LVMI (g/m2)

67.5 ± 14.5

65.1 ± 13.5

-2.4 ± 5.0

0.07

  1. Data are mean ± SD. Changes in LV parameters are compared using a paired Student's t test. LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDV, left ventricular end diastolic volume; LVEDVI, left ventricular end diastolic volume index; LVESV, left ventricular end systolic volume; LVESVI, left ventricular end systolic volume index; LVSV, left ventricular stroke volume; LVSVI, left ventricular stroke volume index; LVM, left ventricular mass; LVMI, left ventricular mass index