Effect of Regular Yogic Training on Growth Hormone and Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate as an Endocrine Marker of Aging

Table 11

General and endocrine variables of experimental and waitlist control group (Mean ± SD).

Components	Experimental group (yoga)			Control group (wait list)
	Pretest	Midtest; (pre. versus mid.)	Posttest; (pre. versus post.)	Pretest	Midtest; (pre. versus mid.)	Posttest; (pre. versus post.)
Body weight (Kg) [male]	70.36±14.14	69.93±13.64	69.2±13.64^∗	74.19±15.81	74.2±15.75	74.27±15.70
Body weight (Kg) [female]	64.26±8.87	63.27±8.68^∗∗	62.4±8.0^∗∗∗	64.21±8.88	64.07±8.87	63.05±8.85
BMI (Kg/Mt^2) [male]	24.33±4.33	24.17±4.22	23.93±4.22^∗	25.64±4.23	25.65±4.02	25.68±3.42
BMI (Kg/Mt^2) [female]	25.89±3.47	25.49±3.66^∗∗	25.13±3.48^∗∗∗	26.4±3.13	26.34±3.03	26.39±2.75
hGH (ng/mL) [male]	0.46±0.35	0.99±0.51^∗∗∗	1.74±0.09^∗∗∗	0.43±0.39	0.43±0.34	0.54±0.03
hGH (ng/mL) [female]	0.39±0.09	0.86±0.12^∗∗∗	1.74±0.28	0.34±0.10	0.33±0.08	0.36±0.08
DHEAS (ng/mL) [male]	7.76±3.48	8.97±4.31^∗	12.17±4.51^∗∗∗	8.17±3.99	8.16±3.41	7.98±4.07
DHEAS (ng/mL) [Ffemale]	3.67±1.46	4.85±2.17^∗∗	5.45±1.15^∗∗∗	3.33±1.51	3.38±1.52	3.42±1.35

^∗𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01, and ***𝑃<0.001; two tailed, 𝑡-test for paired data comparing the values at six weeks (midtest) versus baseline (pretest) and twelve weeks (posttest) versus baseline (pretest).