Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of volunteers included in the study.
Figure 1.
Study profile: Flow chart of the volunteers depicting recruitment, assessment and retention in the study.
Table 2.
Physiological measures of the study groups (n = 104).
Table 3.
Heart rate variability indices of the study groups (n = 104).
Table 4.
Hemoglobin, hematocrit, kidney and liver function profiling of the study groups (n = 104).
Figure 2.
Graphic representation of serum coronary risk factor profile in baseline and follow up groups.
The limits of the boxes represent the middle 50% of the data values; the extent of the lines encompass the interquartile range with extreme outlying data points shown as such. The central line within each box represents the median. a. Serum LDL concentration is significantly elevated in ALL 18 (P<0.05) vs Baseline. b. Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio is significantly elevated in ALL 18 (P<0.05) vs Baseline. c. Serum LDL/HDL ratio is significantly elevated in ALL 18 (P<0.05) vs Baseline. d. Serum homocysteine concentration is significantly elevated in ALL 18 (P<0.05) vs Baseline.
Table 5.
Serum coronary risk factor profiling of the study groups (n = 104).
Figure 3.
Concentration of a. Serum ACE (ng/ml) and b. Serum angiotensin II (pg/ml) in baseline and follow ups.
Figure 4.
Plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine concentration (pg/ml) in baseline and follow ups.
Plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine concentration are significantly elevated in ALL 6 vs Baseline and ALL 18. P<0.05: * compared with Baseline; # compared with ALL 18.