Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Left Ventricular Mass in African American Adolescents : Table 2

Table 2: Comparison of changes from baseline to 4-month posttest and 4-month follow-up^b.


	(4-month posttest)	(4-month follow-up)	(4-month posttest)	(4-month follow-up)	value
	TM		CTL		value

SBP					0.37
DBP					0.50
HR					0.44
LVM					0.036
LVMI					0.024
Weight					0.047
BMI					0.028
Sum3SF					0.435

^bChange scores from baseline ± standard deviation. SBP = supine resting systolic blood pressure (mmHg), DBP = supine resting diastolic blood pressure (mmHg). HR = supine resting heart rate (bpm). LVM = left ventricular mass (gm). LVMI = LVM indexed by ht^2.7. Weight (kg). BMI = body mass index. Sum 3SF = sum of three skinfolds.