Table 2.

Represents comparison of general physiological parameters between medical yoga therapy and standard care therapy groups at 3 time points (baseline, at 4 weeks and at 8 weeks of intervention in chronic low back pain patients.

	Baseline	4 weeks	8 weeks	p-value
Parameter	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Baseline vs. 4 wks	Baseline vs. 8 wks
Weight (Kg)
MYT	68.86 ± 8.3	64.06 ± 7.3	65.13 ± 8.55	0.001#	0.001∞
SCT	69.76 ± 5.5	71.6 ± 3.8	70.87 ± 5.96	0.091	0.107
PValue (bet)	0.082	<0.0001*	<0.0001*
Height (cm)
MYT	158.5 ± 5.5
SCT	159.5 ± 7.3
p-value (bet)	0.974
Body mass index (BMI)
MYT	30.44 ± 4.97	28.43 ± 3.86	28.12 ± 3.09	<0.0001	<0.001
SCT	30.65 ± 2.9	31.21 ± 4.84	31.04 ± 5.03	0.098	0.10
p-value (bet)	0.113	<0.0001*	< 0.0001*
Medication intake/week
MYT	5.5 ± 1.98	1.65 ± 0.85	2.08 ± 1.01	0.001#	0.001∞
SCT	6.08 ± 1.87	5.98 ± 2.01	4.97 ± 2.98	0.096	0.071
p-value (bet)	0.092	<0.0001*	<0.0001*
Systolic BP (mm Hg)
MYT	128.5 ± 5.8	123.4 ± 4.98	123.7 ± 6.1	<0.0001	<0.0001
SCT	126.6 ± 4.6	127.7 ± 6.6	126.6 ± 5.8	0.098	0.143
p-value (bet)	0.0517	0.0002*	0.0039*
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)
MYT	82.1 ± 4.1	76.5 ± 3.54	77.9 ± 4.9	<0.0001	<0.0001
SCT	84.6 ± 5.3	83.43 ± 6.7	82.43 ± 2.7	0.085	0.078
p-value (bet)	0.713	< 0.0001*	< 0.0001*
Heart Rate (beats/min)
MYT	89.5 ± 10.5	73.65 ± 3.89	75.39 ± 4.37	<0.0001#	<0.0001∞
SCT	88.73 ± 9.1	86.48 ± 5.83	87.5 ± 5.3
p-value (bet)	0.3271	< 0.0001*	< 0.0001*

* indicates comparison between parameters between Medical Yoga Therapy and Standard Care Therapy.

∞ indicates comparison between baseline and 8 weeks of Medical Yoga Therapy.

# indicates comparison between baseline and 4 weeks of Medical Yoga Therapy.