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

Table 3 Clinical, athletic training and cardiovascular magnetic resonance parameters in male and female athletes with and without late gadolinium enhancement

	LGE⁺ Athletes (n = 49)	LGE⁻ Athletes (n = 44)	p-value
Clinical parameters
Age, years	36 ± 6	35 ± 6	0.910
Female, n (%)	19 (39)	25 (57)	0.216
Weight, kg	68 ± 12	67 ± 11	0.643
Height, m	1.7 ± 0.9	1.7 ± 0.2	0.865
BSA, m²	1.8 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.1	0.569
Peak systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	188.5 ± 33.2	182.3 ± 38.1	0.995
HR, bpm	67.5 ± 11.3	59.9 ± 10.9	0.854
VO_{2 max}, ml/min/kg	43.3 ± 8.2	44.0 ± 7.8	0.387
Athletic training history
Active years, n	12 ± 5	12 ± 7	0.607
Training load per week (METs/h/min)	8856 ± 2959	7348 ± 2507	0.906
Endurance training during childhood^a, n (%)	10 (20)	16 (36)	0.130
CMR parameters
LVEF, %	57 ± 5	58 ± 5	0.372
LV mass indexed, g/m²	60 ± 12	61 ± 10	0.798
LVEDVI, ml/m²	102 ± 15	105 ± 14	0.381
LVESVI, ml/m²	43 ± 9	44 ± 8	0.792
LVSVI, ml/m²	57 ± 8	60 ± 9	0.125
RVEF, %	52 ± 4	54 ± 6	0.228
RVEDVI, ml/m²	101 ± 19	102 ± 18	0.717
RVESVI, ml/m²	48 ± 10	47 ± 11	0.909
RVSVI, ml/m²	52 ± 9	55 ± 10	0.257

Underlined values signify p < 0.05 by independent. Values are mean SD or n (%)
^aTotal number of subjects that performed high intense endurance training during childhood and the corresponding percentage within each group of the study population

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