Table 3 Results of pulmonary function indices during the study
Parameter | Group | Week 0 | Week 2 | Week 4 | Week 8 | p -value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PEFR | Yoga | 68.6 ± 18.4 | 76.5 ± 20.5* | 81.5 ± 20.9‡ | 85.3 ± 20.7‡ | 0.000 |
|  | Control | 57.4 ± 19.7 | 58.2 ± 22.0 | 56.9 ± 26.2 | 56.2 ± 22.0 |  |
FEV1 | Yoga | 70.2 ± 17.4 | 73.9 ± 19.6 | 76.1 ± 20.1 | 77.9 ± 17.2* | 0.009 |
|  | Control | 62.5 ± 19.2 | 63.1 ± 20.5 | 60.5 ± 21.6 | 59.9 ± 19.1 |  |
FVC | Yoga | 78.7 ± 13.4 | 78.0 ± 12.6 | 79.3 ± 13.0 | 82.2 ± 10.7 | NS |
|  | Control | 75.0 ± 15.0 | 74.7 ± 18.3 | 73.4 ± 18.1 | 72.5 ± 17.5 |  |
FEV1/FVC | Yoga | 80.4 ± 11.5 | 82.6 ± 13.3 | 83.7 ± 13.4 | 83.1 ± 12.2 | 0.011 |
|  | Control | 73.7 ± 14.9 | 74.8 ± 13.9 | 72.4 ± 15.1 | 73.3 ± 13.8 |  |
FEF 25–75% | Yoga | 38.4 ± 14.6 | 42.0 ± 19.4 | 45.0 ± 20.5 | 45.0 ± 19.7 | 0.035 |
|  | Control | 34.0 ± 18.3 | 33.8 ± 17.8 | 32.4 ± 18.1 | 31.1 ± 17.1 |  |