Table 3.

Comparison of blood pressure levels in 3 groups (mean ± SE, mmHg).

		Systolic blood pressure		Diastolic blood pressure
Group	Number of cases	Before treatment	After treatment 8 weeks	Before treatment	After treatment 8 weeks
A group	45	140.7 ± 12.7	136.7 ± 5.7	87.6 ± 10.2	78.2 ± 8.1
B group	45	138.2 ± 14.6	133.9 ± 6.7	88.3 ± 9.0	79.0 ± 8.6
C group	44	139.4 ± 13.1	129.2 ± 5.8	89.1 ± 9.9	70.2 ± 7.1
F (A , B and C)		1.42	7.115	1.557	61.19
P		0.25	0.00116∗∗	0.215	<2e–16∗∗∗
F (C and A)		0.079	128.9	1.873	92.06
P		.779	<2e–16∗∗∗	.175	2.44e–15∗∗∗
F (C and B)		0.095	64.03	2.835	106.6
P		0.759	4.59e–12∗∗∗	0.0958	<2e–16∗∗∗