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Figure 2 Comparison of diastolic vessel areas between young sedentary control subjects and young elite rowers quantified by magnetic resonance imaging at (A) different sites of the aorta and (B) in the right common carotid artery (CCA) and in the right brachial artery (BA). Two-way analysis of covariance, adjusting for gender as a fixed effect and body surface area as a covariate. Solid bars = sedentary control subjects; open bars = rowers. *p < 0.01; **p < 0.001. Other abbreviations as in Figure 1.