Research Article
Effects of Swedish Massage Therapy on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Inflammatory Markers in Hypertensive Women
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the research participants.
| | Parameters | Massage group
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| | Age (years) | 51.00 (10.00) | 51.13 (11.00) | 0.96 | | Employed (%) | 50 | 37.5 | 0.61 | | Nonmenopausal (%) | 62.5 | 75 | 0.59 | | On antihypertensives (%) | 37.5 | 37.5 | 1.00 | | On anticholesterol (%) | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | | Resting SBP (mmHg) | 142.25 (18.38) | 143.75 (7.50) | 0.67 | | Resting DBP (mmHg) | 81.25 (9.75) | 89.50 (13.50) | 0.53 | | Resting HR (bpm) | 66.00 (15.50) | 72.00 (3.00) | 0.10 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 29.02 (6.65) | 28.15 (7.41) | 0.83 | | Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.80 (0.74) | 6.42 (1.32) | 0.13 | | HDL (mmol/L) | 1.30 (0.42) | 1.41 (0.20) | 0.11 | | LDL (mmol/L) | 3.95 (0.32) | 4.44 (1.68) | 0.49 | | Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)* | 4.95 (0.25) | 5.50 (0.45) | 0.01 |
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Data in median (interquartile range). is significant.
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