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Table 1 Demographic data. Continuous variables are shown as mean (SD), categorical variables as absolute numbers (percentages)

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance normal values in children for biventricular wall thickness and mass

  All study subjects Girls Boys
N 161 64 (39.8%) 97 (60.2%)
Age, years 13.6 (2.9) 13.8 (2.9) 13.5 (3.0)
Weight, kg 53 (16.8) 51.9 (15.6) 53.8 (17.6)
Height, cm 160.9 (17.1) 159.1 (14.4) 161.0 (18.7)
Body surface area, m2 1.5 (0.3) 1.5 (0.3) 1.6 (0.3)
Heart rate, bpm 79.5 (16.3) 81.8 (15.1) 78.0 (17.0)
LVEDV/BSA, ml 79.3 (14.2) 74.2 (10.1) 82.7 (14.0)
LVESV/BSA, ml 32.2 (7.4) 29.5 (5.2) 32.3 (8.4)
LVSV/BSA, ml 48.2 (7.8) 44.8 (7.2) 50.4 (7.4)
LVEF, % 60.9 (5.0) 60.3 (4.9) 61.3 (5.1)
LV mass, g/m2 50.0 (10.4) 44.9 (8.3) 53.3 (10.3)
Cardiac index, l/min/m2 3.8 (0.8) 3.6 (0.8) 3.9 (0.9)
RVEDV/BSA, ml 88.0 (15.6) 81.2 (12.3) 92.5 (16.0)
RVESV/BSA, ml 39.4 (9.1) 36.3 (7.3) 41.4 (9.6)
RVSV/BSA, ml 48.5 (9.0) 44.9 (8.1) 50.9 (8.8)
RVEF, % 55.4 (5.3) 55.3 (6.0) 55.4 (4.8)
RV mass, g/m2 21.7 (4.1) 20.0 (3.5) 22.8 (4.1)
  1. N total number of study objects BSA body surface area, EDV end-diastolic volume, EF ejection fraction, ESV end-systolic volume, LV left ventricle, RV right ventricle