Table 1.
Demographic and biochemical characteristics of the population according to the assigned intervention
| Control (n=14) | Yoga (n=15) | p Value | |
| Anthropometric data | |||
| Female, n | 10 | 09 | |
| Age, years | 69±7 | 68±4 | 0.631 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25±3 | 24±3 | 0.336 |
| Cardiovascular data | |||
| Heart rate, bpm | 65±7 | 64±10 | 0.265 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 130±11 | 131±12 | 0.974 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 78±7 | 85±12 | 0.103 |
| Biochemical analysis | |||
| Total cholesterol, mg/dl | 197±41 | 202±27 | 0.887 |
| Low density lipoprotein, mg/dl | 108±38 | 115±25 | 0.636 |
| High density lipoprotein, mg/dl | 57±8 | 55±9 | 0.619 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dl | 119±47 | 119±39 | 0.411 |
| Blood glucose, mg/dl | 99±18 | 90±10 | 0.149 |
| Creatinine, mg/dl | 1.0±0.2 | 0.9±0.3 | 0.531 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone, mU/ml | 3.2±2.3 | 3.7±6.8 | 0.881 |
Data are means±SD.