Research Article
Long-Term Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use Is Associated with Increased Atrial Electromechanical Delay in Male Bodybuilders
Table 4
Comparison of the atrial electromechanical parameters of the subjects: both AAS user and nonuser bodybuilders.
| | Atrial electromechanical parameters | AAS nonuser () | AAS user () | value |
| | PA lateral (ms) | 49.08 ± 6.66 | 65.55 ± 7.50 | <0.01 | | PA septum (ms) | 42.71 ± 4.39 | 49.27 ± 7.88 | <0.01 | | PA tricuspid (ms) | 36.66 ± 3.64 | 39.39 ± 5.75 | NS | | PA lateral, PA tricuspid* (ms) | 12.42 ± 6.58 | 26.15 ± 6.54 | <0.01 | | PA septum, PA tricuspid** (ms) | 6.04 ± 3.21 | 9.88 ± 5.23 | <0.05 |
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NS: nonsignificant.
*Interatrial electromechanical delay. **Intra-atrial electromechanical delay.
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