Echocardiographic comparison between athletes and controls* This table is redundant and needs to come out. We do not make reference to it and the most important information (lines 3 and 4) is already in the text.
| Athletes (n=3781) | Controls (n=806) | P value | |
| HR (bpm) | 60.6±11.9 | 71.7±14.4 | <0.001 |
| Ao (mm) | 28.3±4.1 | 27.8±4.1 | 0.010 |
| Ao (mm/m2) | 15.5±2.1 | 15.4±2.0 | 0.019 |
| Max-LVWT (mm) | 9.2±1.3 | 8.8±1.2 | <0.001 |
| LVED (mm) | 51.0±5.2 | 48.2±4.8 | <0.001 |
| LVM/BSA (g/m2) | 113±32 | 106±38.1 | <0.001 |
| LAD (mm) | 34.0±6.0 | 31.7±8.7 | <0.001 |
| FS % | 34.9±5.7 | 36.0±5.9 | 0.004 |
| AV Vmax (cm/s) | 1.36±2.4 | 1.49±4.1 | 0.101 |
| E/A ratio | 2.2±0.8 | 2.1±0.6 | 0.223 |
*Data are expressed as mean±SD.
Ao, aortic sinus of Valsalva diameter; AV Vmax, continuous wave aortic flow velocity; E/A, ratio of early diastolic mitral valve peak inflow velocity to late diastolic mitral valve inflow velocity; HR, heart rate; LA, left atrial diameter; LV FS, left ventricular fractional shortening; LVED, LV end-diastolic diameter; Max-LVWT, maximal left ventricular wall thickness in end diastole.