DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i06.038

Pages: 2224-2226

The present study is to see the effects of yoga on anthropometric and cardiovascular parameters for a duration of three months in 40 healthy volunteers.Volunteers recruited belonged to either gender, age 20–60 years.Weight,BMI,waist-hip ratio,pulse rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were recorded before and after regular practice of yoga for a duration of three months.There was a significant reduction in the resting pulse rate from 77.13±7.917 to 74.05±8.184(P=0.001), systolic BP from 120.68±8.547 to117.28±7.809 mmHg(P=0.001),diastolic BP from 81.20±5.090 to79.00±4.956 (P=0.001), mean weight from 68.88±13.259 to 64.888±12.9849(P = 0.001), mean BMI from 26.255±4.6299 to 25.515±4.4938 (P = 0.001) and there were no significant changes observed in Waist-Hip ratio with means of it remaining the same before and after yoga practice(P= 0.426).