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Gender differences in ventricular remodeling and function in college athletes, insights from lean body mass scaling and deformation imaging
- Source :
- The American journal of cardiology. 116(10)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Several studies suggest gender differences in ventricular dimensions in athletes. Few studies have, however, made comparisons of data indexed for lean body mass (LBM) using allometry. Ninety Caucasian college athletes (mixed sports) who were matched for age, ethnicity, and sport total cardiovascular demands underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scan for quantification of LBM. Athletes underwent comprehensive assessment of left and right ventricular and atrial structure and function using 2-dimensional echocardiography and deformation imaging using the TomTec analysis system. The mean age of the study population was 18.9 ± 1.9 years. Female athletes (n = 45) had a greater fat free percentage (19.4 ± 3.7%) compared to male athletes (11.5 ± 3.7%). When scaled to body surface area, male had on average 19 ± 3% (p
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Data_MISCELLANEOUS
education
ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION
Body Mass Index
RC1200
Young Adult
Sex Factors
Thinness
Internal medicine
medicine
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
Humans
Ventricular Function
Ventricular remodeling
Students
Retrospective Studies
Body surface area
Ejection fraction
biology
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
Ventricular Remodeling
Athletes
business.industry
Stroke volume
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Cardiology
Lean body mass
Population study
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18791913 and 00029149
- Volume :
- 116
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American journal of cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1b9eca69bac4b65c4f182e4cb198dc87