Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Left Ventricular Mass in African American Adolescents

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics at pretest^a.

	TM	CTL
	(𝑛=30; 9 F, 21 M)	(𝑛=32; 8F, 24 M)
Age (years)	15.7±1.3	16.0±1.3
Weight (kg)	79.3±23.0	80.3±21.1
Height (cm)	170.0±9.2	171.9±7.8
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	27.09±6.2	27.13±6.9
SBP (mmHg)	128.0±9.5	124.0±12.7
DBP (mmHg)	64.7±7.6	61.7±9.4
HR (bpm)	69.6±11.2	64.5±9.1^∗
Sum of 3 skinfolds	55.72±26.9	64.0±35.3
LVM (gm)	137.7±40.6	142.6±37.2
LVMI	32.4±7.4	33.2±8.7

^aValues are means ± standard deviations. *𝑃 value <0.06.
SBP = supine resting systolic blood pressure, DBP = supine resting diastolic blood pressure. HR = supine resting heart rate. LVM = left ventricular mass. LVMI = LVM indexed by height^2.7.