Table 5. Areal BMD (aBMD) before and after training. Data are means (±SE).
| aBMD |
YE (n=16) |
CON (n=18) |
| Baseline |
8-month |
%∆ |
Baseline |
8-month |
%∆ |
| Total Body |
1.169 (.018) |
1.163 (.018) |
-.5 (.3) |
1.184 (.017) |
1.184 (.017) |
.0 (.3) |
| Right |
Total Hip |
.990 (.028) |
.989 (.028) |
.2 (.3) |
1.037 (.026) |
1.040 (.026) |
.1 (.3) |
| Femoral Neck |
.963 (.026) |
.956 (.025) |
-.9 (.5) |
1.011 (.025) |
1.011 (.024) |
.1 (.8) |
| Trochanter |
.789 (.028) |
.789 (.028) |
-.1 (.5) |
.798 (.026) |
.807 (.027) |
1.1 (.6) |
| Left |
Total Hip |
.999 (.026) |
.996 (.027) |
-.4 (.4) |
1.030 (.024) |
1.031 (.025) |
.0 (.3) |
| Femoral Neck |
.971 (.024) |
.963 (.025) |
-1.0 (.7) |
.995 (.023) |
.999 (.024) |
.3 (.5) |
| Trochanter |
.793 (.026) |
.788 (.026) |
-.8 (.4) |
.805 (.024) |
.808 (.025) |
.3 (.5) |
| Spine (L1-L4) |
1.210 (.033) |
1.210 (.033) |
.0 (.6) |
1.233 (.031) |
1.231 (.031) |
-.1 (.5) |
All values expressed in g/cm
2. YE: Yoga Exercise, CON: Control, %∆ : percent change. No significant group, time, or group × time interaction for all aBMD variables (p>0.05).
