Table 3 Cardiac parameters at rest and during submaximal exercise among participants born post-term and at term.
From: Exercise capacity and cardiac function in adolescents born post-term
REST | EXERCISE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Term | Post-Term | P-value | Term | Post-term | P-value | |
Heart rate (beats/min) | 72 ± 2 | 74 ± 2 | 0.64 | 114 ± 1 | 116 ± 1 | 0.21 |
LVM (g) | 98 ± 3 | 99 ± 3 | 0.81 | — | — | |
LVM (g/kgffm) | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 0.89 | — | — | |
Ejection fraction (%) | 59.9 ± 1.0 | 61.8 ± 0.9 | 0.18 | 63.1 ± 1.6 | 64.9 ± 1.6 | 0.33 |
CO (l/min) | 5.8 ± 0.3 | 6.2 ± 0.3 | 0.35 | 9.0 ± 0.4 | 9.6 ± 0.4 | 0.22 |
CO (ml/min/kgffm) | 141.7 ± 7.4 | 139.7 ± 7.1 | 0.84 | 221.9 ± 10.2 | 227.5 ± 9.9 | 0.69 |
SV (ml) | 80.3 ± 2.6 | 84.1 ± 2.5 | 0.30 | 78.4 ± 3.5 | 82.9 ± 3.4 | 0.31 |
SV (ml/kgffm) | 1.96 ± 0.1 | 1.99 ± 0.1 | 0.69 | 1.94 ± 0.1 | 1.96 ± 0.1 | 0.85 |
EDV (ml) | 135.6 ± 4.1 | 136.2 ± 3.9 | 0.91 | 125.3 ± 5.2 | 128.1 ± 5.1 | 0.68 |
EDV (ml/kgffm) | 3.2 ± 0.1 | 3.2 ± 0.1 | 0.67 | 3.03 ± 0.1 | 3.0 ± 0.1 | 0.85 |
ESV (ml) | 54.9 ± 2.3 | 52.4 ± 2.2 | 0.37 | 46.7 ± 3.1 | 45.4 ± 3.0 | 0.72 |
ESV (ml/kgffm) | 1.29 ± 0.04 | 1.21 ± 0.04 | 0.14 | 1.08 ± 0.06 | 1.05 ± 0.06 | 0.66 |
Workload (W) | — | — | 43.6 ± 2.6 | 37.3 ± 2.5 | 0.08 | |
