Research Article
Long-Term Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use Is Associated with Increased Atrial Electromechanical Delay in Male Bodybuilders
Table 3
Comparison of the echocardiographic parameters of the subjects: both AAS user and nonuser bodybuilders.
| | | AAS nonusers () | AAS users () | value |
| | 2D echocardiographic parameters | | | | | LA dimension (mm) | 33.1 ± 0.3 | 34.2 ± 0.2 | NS | | LA volume index (mL/m2) | 26.2 ± 2.3 | 27.6 ± 2.4 | NS | | LV end-systolic diameter (mm) | 31.9 ± 4.4 | 33.2 ± 3.2 | NS | | LV end-diastolic diameter (mm) | 49.7 ± 1.9 | 51.2 ± 3.1 | NS | | Septal wall thickness (mm) | 11.5 ± 1.2 | 12.4 ± 1.3 | <0.01 | | Posterior wall thickness (mm) | 9.8 ± 0.9 | 11.3 ± 0.7 | <0.01 | | RWT | 0.39 ± 0.03 | 0,44 ± 0,02 | <0.01 | | LV mass index (g/m2) | 90.9 ± 10.8 | 113.6 ± 13.6 | <0.01 | | LV ejection fraction (%) | 61.37 ± 1.6 | 60.87 ± 2.3 | NS | | Doppler parameters | | | | | Peak velocity (m/s) | 79.8 ± 9.4 | 77.6 ± 11.6 | NS | | Peak velocity (m/s) | 55.7 ± 8.9 | 50.7 ± 6.8 | NS | | / ratio | 1.47 ± 0.3 | 1.54 ± 0.2 | NS | | IVRT (ms) | 80.7 ± 5.8 | 83.58 ± 11.7 | <0.01 | | Septal (cm/s) | 12.1 ± 1.5 | 10.1 ± 1.3 | <0.01 | | Septal (cm/s) | 9.4 ± 1.2 | 9.5 ± 0.7 | NS | | Septal / (cm/s) | 6,7 ± 1,2 | 7,8 ± 1,7 | <0,01 | | Septal / (cm/s) | 1.29 ± 0.2 | 1.06 ± 0.2 | <0.01 | | lateral (cm/s) | 16.2 ± 1.5 | 11.6 ± 1.2 | <0.01 | | lateral (cm/s) | 9.9 ± 1.2 | 9.4 ± 1.3 | NS | | / lateral (cm/s) | 4.9 ± 0.8 | 6.8 ± 1.3 | <0.01 | | / lateral (cm/s) | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.2 | <0.01 | | Global / (cm/s) | 5.8 ± 0.9 | 7.3 ± 1.5 | <0.01 | | Global / (cm/s) | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | <0.01 |
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NS: nonsignificant.
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