Table 3.

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

Diastolic BP assessment	Mean	SD	Mean difference	Paired t-test	P
1st day
Preassessment	86.78	3.600	0.57	4.270	0.000 (S)***
Postassessment	86.21	3.678
5th day
Preassessment	80.42	2.897	0.11	1.919	0.058 (S)*
Postassessment	80.31	2.984

*P<0.05 and ***P<0.001. S=Significant, SD=Standard deviation, BP=Blood pressure