Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Table 2 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance parameters in male and female athletes and control subjects

From: Prevalence and pattern of cardiovascular magnetic resonance late gadolinium enhancement in highly trained endurance athletes

	Male			Female			Athletes vs controls
	Athletes (n = 49)	Controls (n = 42)	p-value	Athletes (n = 44)	Controls (n = 30)	p-value	Athletes vs controls
LVEF, %	56 ± 5	60 ± 5	0.004	58 ± 5	61 ± 4	0.003	0.001
LV mass index, g/m²	66 ± 10	49 ± 10	0.001	55 ± 8	40 ± 8	0.001	0.001
LVEDVI, ml/m²	109 ± 13	90 ± 15	0.001	98 ± 15	81 ± 9	0.001	0.001
LVESVI, ml/m²	47 ± 8	36 ± 8	0.001	41 ± 8	31 ± 5	0.001	0.001
LVSV, ml/m²	61 ± 8	53 ± 9	0.001	57 ± 10	50 ± 7	0.001	0.001
RVEF, %	52 ± 6	54 ± 5	0.201	54 ± 4	57 ± 5	0.013	0.034
RVEDVI, ml/m²	110 ± 15	82 ± 17	0.001	92 ± 16	72 ± 11	0.001	0.001
RVESVI, ml/m²	53 ± 11	38 ± 9	0.001	42 ± 8	31 ± 7	0.001	0.001
RVSVI, ml/m²	58 ± 9	44 ± 10	0.001	50 ± 9	41 ± 6	0.001	0.001
LAAI, cm²/m²	14 ± 2	12 ± 2	0.001	14 ± 2	13 ± 2	0.349	0.001
RAAI, cm²/m²	13 ± 2	12 ± 2	0.002	11 ± 2	10 ± 2	0.489	0.012
LGE present*	17 (35)	2 (5)	0.001	18 (41)	0	0.001	0.001
Pericardial effusion	1 (2)	5 (12)	0.059	15 (34)	16 (53)	0.100	0.068

Values are mean SD or n (%). Values in bold indicate significant differences between groups
LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEDVI Left ventricular end-diastolic volume index, LVESVI Left ventricular end-systolic volume index, LVSVI Left ventricular stroke volume index, RVEF Right ventricular ejection fraction, RVEDVI Right ventricular end-diastolic volume index, RVESVI Right ventricular end-systolic volume index, RVSVI Right ventricular stroke volume indexd, LAAI Left atrial area index, RAAI Right atrial area index, LGE Late gadolinium enhancement
*Two female athletes CMR study did not include late gadolinium enhancement sequence due to technical problems

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