IJCS | Volume 31, Nº3, May/ June 2018

214 Table 3 - Variation of echocardiographic parameters Parameters Military (n = 17) Initial Final p value Interventricular septum, mm 9.7 ± 1.0 9.9 ± 1.0 0.39* Posterior wall, mm 9.7 ± 0.9 9.6 ± 0.8 0.39* Left ventricular mass, indexed, g/m 2 93.1 ± 7.7 100.2 ± 11.4 < 0.01* Relative wall thickness 0.40 ± 0.1 0.36 ± 0.1 0.05* Left ventricular diastolic diameter, mm 49.7 ± 3.2 52.8 ± 3.4 < 0.01* Left ventricular systolic diameter, mm 33.2 ± 3.3 35.1 ± 2.6 0.04* Left atrial volume (mL/m 2 ) 27.3 ± 4.5 28.2 ± 4.1 0.07* Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) 60 ± 6 54 ± 6 < 0.01* Lateral E’ (cm/s) 19 ± 3 19 ± 3 0.92* E/E’ 5.3 ± 1.0 5.3 ± 0.9 0.61* S’ (cm/sec) 15 (13-16) 17 (16-18) < 0.01 + Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, mm 25 ± 4 26 ± 5 0.34* Left ventricular longitudinal strain (%) -21.3 ± 0.9 -20.5 ± 1.9 0.11* *Paired Student's t-test; + Paired Wilcoxon test. Figure 2 - Anthropometric and echocardiographic variables. Δ weight Δ LM Δ SBP Δ DBP Δ RWT Δ LV mass Δ LVEF Δ LVDD ΔLA volume Military Δ FM Δ S' Dinis et al. Cardiac Remodeling Induced by MilitaryTraining International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 2018;31(3)209-217 Original Article