B    A % Change p Value HR (beats/min) 76.15 75.25 -  1.18 0.453 ± 3.31 ± 3.11 SP (mmHg) 128.10 127.20 - 0.70 0.472 ± 2.52 ± 3.02 DP (mmHg) 73.35 73.60 + 0.34 0.837 ± 1.89 ± 1.65 PP (mmHg) 54.75 53.60 - 2.10 0.602 ± 2.26 ± 3.29 MP (mmHg) 91.60 91.47 - 0.15 0.838 ± 1.83 ± 1.56 RPP (units) 97.13 95.31 - 1.87 0.339 ± 4.06 ± 3.90 DoP (units) 69.80 68.81 - 1.42 0.364 ± 3.29 ± 3.00 Values are M ± SEM for 20 subjects with p values obtained from Students t test for paired data.

Table 1: Immediate effect of suryanadi pranayama on heart rate (HR), systolic pressure (SP), diastolic pressure (DP), pulse pressure (PP), mean pressure (MP), rate-pressure product (RPP) and double product (Do P) in patients of essential hypertension. B: before and A: after five minutes of the practice.