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. 2016 Aug 18;9(3):49. doi: 10.3390/ph9030049

Table 3.

Systolic and diastolic arterial pressure of subjects who consumed maca or a placebo at low and high altitude.

Treatment Time 0 4th Week 8th Week 12th Week
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.