Modulation of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction in Ischemic Stroke following Ayurveda (Indian System of Medicine) Treatment

Table 1

Demographic details of the patients.

Variable	Group I (𝑛=25)	Group II (𝑛=25)	𝑃 value
Age (in years)	40.12±9.31	38.40±10.50	0.543
Gender (M : F)	20 : 5	23 : 2	0.111
Height (cm)	168.08±2.04	170.84±1.43	0.274
Weight (kg)	66.72±2.38	67.01±2.51	0.936
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.04±0.78	23.33±0.76	0.519
Duration of illness (days)	14.96±4.16	17.20±5.74	0.121
Smoking	14	17	0.718
Alcohol	15	17	0.860
Hypertension	2	3	1.000
Diabetics	2	2	1.000
Right side infarct	10	8	—
Left side infarct	15	17	—

M: male; F: female; BMI: body mass index; values expressed as mean ± SD.