Table 1.

Mean weight, BMI and MAP of Depo-Provera users

Variables (n = 50)	Mean ± (SD)	Mean differences	Percentage of change	p-value
Weight (Kg)
Weight after	55.14 ± 6.63	1.6 kg	+2.99%	0.02*
Weight before	53.54 ± 6.42
Body mass index (Kg/m2)
BMI after	22.05 ± 3.10	0.67 kg/m2	+3.13%	0.02*
BMI before	21.38 ± 2.70
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)
MAP after	83.21 ± 8.68	0.51 mmHg	+0.62%	0.67
MAP before	82.70 ± 7.56

⁺Increased from baseline; *statistically significant, p-values (obtained by paired t-test)