Table 8 Impact of ethnicity on echocardiographic RV data for academy footballers
From: Right ventricular assessment of the adolescent footballer’s heart
Black footballers | White footballers | Mixed race footballers | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | N | ||
TAPSE (mm) | 24.2 ± 3.4 | 155 | 23.9 ± 3.8 | 786 | 24.3 ± 3.7 | 86 | 0.360 |
RAA (cm2) | 16.7 ± 2.8 | 49 | 15.8 ± 2.7 | 349 | 16.0 ± 2.5 | 43 | 0.078 |
RVOTP (mm) | 27.4 ± 3.5 | 99 | 26.9 ± 4.2 | 570 | 27.0 ± 3.7 | 66 | 0.648 |
RVOT1 (mm) | 28.5 ± 4.0 | 111 | 28.8 ± 4.3 | 630 | 29.1 ± 4.7 | 76 | 0.501 |
RVOT2 (mm) | 24.0 ± 3.3 | 107 | 23.2 ± 3.1 | 606 | 23.3 ± 3.0 | 73 | 0.156 |
RVD1 (mm) | 36.8 ± 4.4 | 157 | 36.2 ± 4.2 | 801 | 36.6 ± 3.8 | 93 | 0.253 |
RVD2 (mm) | 30.6 ± 3.9 | 156 | 30.2 ± 4.5 | 796 | 29.5 ± 4.1 | 92 | 0.099 |
RVD3 (mm) | 76.4 ± 7.7 | 155 | 75.7 ± 7.8 | 785 | 76.6 ± 8.1 | 90 | 0.300 |
RV FAC (%) | 49.0 ± 7.0 | 69 | 49.6 ± 7.9 | 438 | 50.2 ± 8.2 | 57 | 0.775 |
S’ RV (cm/s) | 13.5 ± 3.7 | 21 | 14.9 ± 2.8 | 171 | 16.3 ± 2.2 | 10 | 0.071 |
INDEXED RAA (cm2/m2) | 8.8 ± 1.3 | 57 | 8.5 ± 1.4 | 328 | 8.6 ± 1.7 | 41 | 0.483 |
INDEXED RVOT P (mm/m2) | 14.5 ± 2.2 | 92 | 14.5 ± 2.2 | 538 | 15.0 ± 2.2 | 63 | 0.344 |
INDEXED RVOT1 (mm/m2) | 15.2 ± 2.2 | 99 | 15.6 ± 2.4 | 593 | 15.5 ± 2.4 | 70 | 0.212 |
INDEXED RVOT2 (mm/m2) | 12.7 ± 1.6 | 95 | 12.6 ± 1.7 | 570 | 12.5 ± 1.7 | 68 | 0.633 |
INDEXED RVD1 (mm/m2) | 19.6 ± 2.7 | 135 | 19.5 ± 2.4 | 743 | 19.7 ± 2.6 | 86 | 0.844 |
INDEXED RVD2 (mm/m2) | 16.2 ± 2.5 | 135 | 16.2 ± 2.6 | 738 | 15.9 ± 2.5 | 85 | 0.336 |
INDEXED RVD3 (mm/m2) | 40.6 ± 4.9 | 133 | 40.7 ± 4.4 | 728 | 41.3 ± 5.1 | 83 | 0.578 |