From: Exercise-induced irregular right heart flow dynamics in adolescents and young adults born preterm
 | Term adults (n = 9) | Preterm adults (n = 10) | padult | Term adolescents (n = 17) | Preterm adolescents (n = 16) | padolescent |
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Anthropomorphic metrics | ||||||
 Sex | 6M, 3F | 5M, 5F | – | 8M, 9F | 5M, 11F | – |
 Current age [year] | 26 ± 1 | 27 ± 1 | 0.06 | 13 ± 1 | 13 ± 1 | 0.70 |
 Gestational age [week] | 40 ± 1 | 29 ± 3 | < 0.001 | 40 ± 1 | 28 ± 2 | < 0.001 |
 Birth weight [g] | N/A* | 1087 ± 297 | – | 3497 ± 366 | 1097 ± 274 | < 0.001 |
 Current height [m] | 1.74 ± 0.07 | 1.69 ± 0.12 | 0.28 | 1.64 ± 0.09 | 1.58 ± 0.10 | 0.08 |
 Current weight [kg] | 69 ± 9 | 67 ± 15 | 0.71 | 51 ± 10 | 48 ± 9 | 0.56 |
 BMI | 22.7 ± 1.6 | 23.3 ± 3.3 | 0.64 | 18.6 ± 2.3 | 19.4 ± 2.7 | 0.42 |
 BSA [m2] | 1.83 ± 0.15 | 1.77 ± 0.24 | 0.53 | 1.51 ± 0.19 | 1.45 ± 0.17 | 0.37 |
RV volumetry | ||||||
 EDVI [mL/m2] | 97 ± 15 | 93 ± 10 | 0.48 | 81 ± 11 | 71 ± 12 | 0.01 |
 ESVI [mL/m2] | 43 ± 9 | 41 ± 8 | 0.42 | 36 ± 6 | 29 ± 6 | 0.004 |
 SV index [mL/m2] | 54 ± 9 | 52 ± 6 | 0.73 | 45 ± 7 | 42 ± 7 | 0.12 |
 EF | 0.55 ± 0.05 | 0.57 ± 0.05 | 0.59 | 0.56 ± 0.05 | 0.58 ± 0.04 | 0.09 |
Exercise measurements | ||||||
3.5 ± 0.7 | 2.6 ± 0.6 | 0.008 | 2.5 ± 0.5 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 0.007 | |
50.0 ± 10.4 | 38.1 ± 8.6 | 0.01 | 48.3 ± 11.0 | 43.3 ± 6.9 | 0.13 | |
 Pmax [W] | 231 ± 54 | 184 ± 42 | 0.05 | 153 ± 34 | 124 ± 27 | 0.01 |
 GPAQ [MET/week] [4] | 3368 ± 2550 | 3420 ± 2006 | 0.96 | – | – | – |
PAQ-C [29] | – | – | – | 1.93 ± 0.39 | 1.89 ± 0.45 | 0.79 |