Why the study?
How does the choice of scalar variable and process affect athlete-control comparisons of cardiac dimensions?
How does the choice of scalar variable and process affect athlete-control comparisons of cardiac dimensions?
The choice of scaling variable, particularly fat-free mass, significantly alters the interpretation of cardiac dimensions when comparing athletes to controls.
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Fat-free mass scaling may eliminate apparent LVM differences in athletes; leaves optimal indexing for cardiac comparisons unresolved.
George et al. (1998) studied this question.
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