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Table 2

Cardiac findings at rest and light exercise with echocardiography.

Rest
Heart rate	60
Rhythm	Pacemaker
End diastolic volume (mL)	147
Ejection fraction (%)	54
Mitral annulus displacement (cm)	1.2
Mitral flow (cm⋅s^−1)	82^*
Mitral flow	1.2^*
Deceleration time (ms)	199^*
Isovolumic relaxation time (ms)	94^*
Tissue Doppler systolic velocity (—cm⋅s^−1)	8.0
Tissue Doppler early diastolic velocity (—cm⋅s^−1)	7.5
	10.9
Light exercise
Heart rate	100
Rhythm	Sinus
End diastolic volume (mL)	124
Ejection fraction (%)	80
Mitral flow (cm⋅s^−1)	112
Tissue Doppler early diastolic velocity (—cm·s^−1)	12.0
	10.0

Echocardiographic findings at rest and during light, upright bicycle exercise. The * denotes normal values for males in the age interval of 40–60 years in the HUNT study, while § denotes values that are normal for males in the age range of >60 [12].