Effect of yoga therapy on fasting lipid profile in chronic kidney disease: a comparative study

Autor: Ananda B. Balayogi, Anirban Dutta, P Dhivya, Kadavanu Tony Mathew, R Hemachandar, Siva Ranganathan Green
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 5:294
ISSN: 2349-3933
2349-3925
DOI: 10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20180955
Popis: Background: Lipid abnormalities are common among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and it tends to persist/worsen even after initiating treatment. The cardiovascular mortality and morbidity remains significantly high in this population. The present study was carried out to assess the effect of yoga therapy on fasting lipid profile in CKD patients.Methods: It was an interventional case control study on CKD patients with and without yoga in a tertiary care hospital. About 60 CKD patients aged >18 years were enrolled for the study and were divided into 2 groups of 30 each. Subjects in Group 1 who underwent yoga therapy. Group 2 subjects did not do yoga and they served as controls. Serum lipid profile, RFT and BP were estimated for all patients. Chi-square test, Paired and unpaired t test, mean and delta change were used for comparison. A p-value of
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