Left ventricular mass normalization in child and adolescent athletes must account for sex differences.

Hubert Krysztofiak Marcel MłyńczakŁukasz A MałekAndrzej FolgaWojciech Braksator

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The LVM normative data should be developed separately for girls and boys practicing sports. Application of normative data that are not sex-specific results in an underestimation of relative LVM in girls and overestimation in boys.

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