Table 3.
Treatment | Time 0 | 4th Week | 8th Week | 12th Week | ||||||||||||
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SBP | DBP | SBP | DBP | SBP | DBP | SBP | DBP | |||||||||
LA | HA | LA | HA | LA | HA | LA | HA | LA | HA | LA | HA | LA | HA | LA | HA | |
Placebo | 101.6 ± 2.33 | 101.75 ± 2.14 | 66.56 ± 1.86 | 62.96 ± 2.15 | 102.9 ± 1.62 | 100.18 ± 1.83 | 71.94 ± 1.57 | 63.96 ± 2.10 | 99.67 ± 1.73 | 96.43 ± 1.48 ** | 68.67 ± 1.47 | 69.18 ± 1.67 ** | 100.33 ± 1.86 | 94.87 ± 1.95 ** | 65.50 ± 1.77 | 68.12 ± 1.59 |
Red maca | 97.78 ± 1.82 | 103.71 ± 2.12 | 66.30 ± 2.00 | 64.91 ± 1.83 | 103.33 ± 1.41 | 99.58 ± 1.49 | 71.85 ± 1.58 | 65.12 ± 1.94 | 102.86 ± 1.61 | 98.15 ± 2.34 | 70.36 ± 1.66 | 67.34 ± 2.01 | 101.54 ± 1.41 | 98.43 ± 2.46 | 69.62 ± 1.48 | 68.12 ± 1.81 |
Black maca | 98.71 ± 1.92 | 103.62 ± 1.96 | 67.90 ± 2.30 | 63.28 ± 2.45 | 100.97 ± 1.79 | 99.96 ± 1.46 | 70.00 ± 1.77 | 63.75 ± 1.17 | 103.87 ± 1.63 | 95.08 ± 2.22 * | 70.16 ± 1.75 | 68.33 ± 1.94 | 101.33 ± 1.59 | 93.33 ± 2.38 * | 69.33 ± 1.22 | 64.16 ± 1.69 |
SBP: Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg); DBP: Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg); LA: low altitude; HA: high altitude. Time 0: Basal values. Data are mean ± standard error of the mean. * p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05 with respect to basal values (Time 0). p > 0.05 between maca group and placebo group.