Myocardial Performance and Aortic Elastic Properties in Elite Basketball and Soccer Players: Relationship with Aerobic and Anaerobic Capacity

Table 2. Cardiac structure in athletes and controls. Data are means (±SD).

	Basketball players (n=12)	Soccer players (n=20)	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** p < 0.01 compared with soccer players.† p < 0.05† † p < 0.01† † † 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.