| |
Basketball players
(n=12) |
Soccer players
|
Controls
(n=12) |
| LVIDd (mm) |
58 (5) **,†††
|
52 (4) †
|
48 (4)
|
|
LVIDd·BSA-1/2 (mm·m-1) |
38 (3) †
|
38 (3) †
|
35 (2)
|
|
LVPWTd (mm) |
10 (2) †
|
10 (1) ††
|
9 (1)
|
|
LVPWTd·BSA-1/2 (mm·m-1) |
7 (1) *
|
8 (1) ††
|
6 (1)
|
|
IVSTd (mm) |
11 (2) ††
|
11 (2) †
|
9 (2)
|
|
IVSTd·BSA-1/2 (mm·m-1) |
7 (1)
|
8 (1) †
|
6 (1)
|
|
LVM (g) |
304 (68) †††
|
261 (52) †††
|
175 (43)
|
|
LVMI (g·m-2) |
132 (25) †††
|
137 (24) †††
|
94 (17)
|
|
LVM·BSA-3/2 (g·m-3) |
87 (16) †
|
99 (17) †††
|
69 (11)
|
| RWTd |
.35 (.07)
|
.40 (.06)
|
.36 (.06)
|
| *
p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 compared with soccer players. † p < 0.05, †† p < 0.01 and ††† p < 0.001 compared with controls. LVIDd = left ventricular internal end-diastolic dimension, IVSTd = interventricular septum diastolic thickness, PWTd = posterior wall diastolic thickness, LVM = left ventricular mass, LVMI = left ventricular mass index and RWTd = relative end-diastolic wall thickness. |