Basketball players
(n=12)

Soccer players
(n=20)

Controls
(n=12)

Systolic aortic diameter (mm)

30 (5)

28 (3)

27 (3)

Systolic diameter index (mm·m^-1)

20 (3)

21 (2)

20 (2)

Diastolic aortic diameter (mm)

27 (5)

26 (3)

25 (3)

Diastolic diameter index (mm·m^-1)

18 (3)

19 (2)

18 (2)

Aortic distensibility (mm·Hg^-1·10^-3)

4.58 (1.52)

3.96 (1.96)

5.13 (1.52)

Aortic stiffness index

4.85 (1.36)

6.95 (3.49) †

4.56 (1.68)

Aortic strain

.10 (.04)

.08 (.04)

.10 (.03)