Table 4. Bone marker responses before and after training. Data are means (±SE).
| Variable |
YE (n=16) |
|
CON (n=18) |
8-month |
| Baseline |
8-month |
Baseline |
8-month |
| Bone ALP (U/L)** |
25.0 (1.8) |
26.8 (1.8) |
29.1 (2.3) |
27.0 (2.4)† † |
| TRAP5b (U/L) |
2.5 (.2) |
2.4 (.2) |
2.6 (.2) |
2.3 (.2) |
| Ratio |
10.8 (.8) |
11.6 (.7) |
12.0 (1.1) |
12.9 (1.5) |
× time interaction
† † p<0.01 baseline vs. 8-month for CON.YE: Yoga Exercise, CON: Control, Bone ALP: bone Alkaline Phosphatase, TRAP5b: Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase 5b, Ratio: Ratio of Bone ALP to TRAP5b.
**p<0.01 significant group
