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. 2020 Mar 23;10(5):e01604. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1604

Table 7.

Comparison of anthropometric, Glycemic, Lipid profile, and Neuro‐cognitive factors pre‐ and post‐AOL advance meditation with the domination of Vatta Prakiti (n = 13)

Parameters M ± SD M ± SD t CI (95%) p value
Minimum Maximum
Weight 70.46 ± 9.13 69.92 ± 8.57 1.074 −0.55 1.63 .304
BMI 26.46 ± 3.73 26.31 ± 3.82 0.805 −0.26 0.57 .436
Waist 93.62 ± 7.24 92.31 ± 10.14 0.720 −2.65 5.27 .485
HIP 104.46 ± 8.25 97.92 ± 18.85 1.552 −2.64 15.72 .147
Systolic 137.77 ± 19.02 135.46 ± 12.67 0.593 −6.18 10.79 .564
Diastolic 91.54 ± 15.81 93.46 ± 8.93 −0.376 −13.07 9.23 .714
PO2 88.92 ± 4.11 89.54 ± 2.22 −0.621 −2.77 1.54 .546
Pulse Rate 90.38 ± 15.26 85.69 ± 11.45 1.765 −1.10 10.49 .103
Glucose 76.08 ± 13.46 79.77 ± 14.01 −3.322 −6.11 −1.27 .006
Cholesterol 189.62 ± 25.28 194.62 ± 47.72 −0.677 −21.10 11.10 .512
Triglycerides 188.62 ± 58.87 176.23 ± 41.61 1.605 −4.43 29.20 .135
HDL 37.46 ± 5.03 39.08 ± 2.99 −1.790 −3.58 0.35 .099
LDL 113.08 ± 24.47 120.38 ± 46.70 −0.966 −23.79 9.17 .353
CDL/HDL 5.00 ± 0.74 5.00 ± 1.35 0.000 −0.77 0.77 1.000
LDL/HDL 2.92 ± 0.67 3.33 ± 1.23 −1.449 −1.05 0.22 .175
VLDL 37.77 ± 11.87 35.15 ± 8.41 1.673 −0.79 6.02 .120
HB 15.69 ± 2.14 15.54 ± 1.90 1.000 −0.18 0.49 .337
STAI 36.77 ± 8.36 29.46 ± 6.78 3.611 2.90 11.72 .004
MWB 57.77 ± 6.64 62.46 ± 6.09 −2.145 −9.46 0.07 .053
OHQ 131.85 ± 18.01 148.92 ± 17.84 −2.522 −31.83 −2.32 .027
SLCT 29.64 ± 7.88 31.73 ± 10.62 −0.623 −9.57 5.39 .548

Bold represent statistically significant change after advanced meditation protocol.