Table 1

Demographic and biochemical characteristics of the population according to the assigned intervention

	Control (n=14)	Yoga (n=15)	p Value
Anthropometric data
Female, n	10	09
Age, years	69±7	68±4	0.631
Body mass index, kg/m²	25±3	24±3	0.336
Cardiovascular data
Heart rate, bpm	65±7	64±10	0.265
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	130±11	131±12	0.974
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	78±7	85±12	0.103
Biochemical analysis
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	197±41	202±27	0.887
Low density lipoprotein, mg/dl	108±38	115±25	0.636
High density lipoprotein, mg/dl	57±8	55±9	0.619
Triglycerides, mg/dl	119±47	119±39	0.411
Blood glucose, mg/dl	99±18	90±10	0.149
Creatinine, mg/dl	1.0±0.2	0.9±0.3	0.531
Thyroid stimulating hormone, mU/ml	3.2±2.3	3.7±6.8	0.881