This analysis reveals cardiovascular risk in elite female athletes with extreme anthropometry, suggesting high BMI affects heart structure.
Athletes with extreme anthropometry exhibit, especially those with a high BMI, worse cardiovascular risk although same cardiorespiratory function. Athletes with high BMI exhibit increased LV thickness while athletes with high height showed increase LV dimensions. Indexing for weight, should not be used in extreme anthropometry.
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