Table 2.

Mean and standard deviation of systolic blood pressure among patients with hypertension before and after alternate nostril breathing exercise in the study group (n=85)

Systolic BP assessment	Mean	SD	Mean difference	Paired t-test	P
1st day
Preassessment	134.64	6.735	0.17	2.746	0.007 (S)***
Postassessment	134.47	6.645
5th day
Preassessment	126.64	6.548	46.22	6.057	0.000 (S)***
Postassessment	80.42	2.897

***P<0.001. S=Significant, SD=Standard deviation, BP=Blood pressure