Association of Exercise Capacity, Cardiac Function, and Coronary Artery Calcification with Components for Metabolic Syndrome

Table 4

Results of exercise tolerance test, coronary artery calcium score, and echocardiography according to the groups.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Exercise tolerance test
Exercise duration (sec)	543.1 ± 113.2	528.2 ± 117.2	511.5 ± 127.7
METs	11.5 ± 2	11.3 ± 6.9	10.6 ± 2.4
HRR (bpm)	31.6 ± 12.2	30 ± 11.4	25.4 ± 9.6
Agatston score
LMA	2.9 ± 22.7	1.6 ± 9.1	8.5 ± 36.4
LADA	8.2 ± 35.9	16.2 ± 54.3	48.1 ± 161
LCXA	0.6 ± 2.9	5.5 ± 25.8	14.4 ± 66
RCA	0.6 ± 3.5	10.7 ± 46.9	40.4 ± 176.4
Total	12.8 ± 45.1	34.3 ± 108.6	111.4 ± 379.7
Calcium volume	10.2 ± 36	27.6 ± 86.5	89.8 ± 298.9
Echocardiography
LVEDD (mm)	48.1 ± 6.3	49.2 ± 4.4	49.6 ± 4.2
LVESD (mm)	31.3 ± 3.4	34.6 ± 5.7	31.4 ± 3.7
IVS (mm)	8.7 ± 1.3	9.6 ± 2.7	10.1 ± 1.4
PW (mm)	8.7 ± 1.1	9.3 ± 1.2	9.7 ± 1.1
LVEF (%)	64.7 ± 5.5	65.9 ± 6.3	65.9 ± 6.4
E (cm/sec)	54.5 ± 13.3	54.2 ± 13.5	54.4 ± 13
A (cm/sec)	55.4 ± 11.4	62.7 ± 14.5	65.4 ± 14.1
E/A	1 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.3

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; METs: metabolic equivalent tasks; HRR: heart rate recovery; LMA: left main artery; LADA: left anterior descending artery; LCXA: left circumflex artery; RCA: right coronary artery; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; IVS: interventricular septum thickness; PW: posterior wall thickness; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; E: peak early diastolic transmitral flow; A: peak late diastolic transmitral flow; E/A: the ratio of E to A.
a) p<0.05 compared with group 1.
b) p<0.05 compared with group 2.