Response to Comment on: Hegde et al. Effect of 3-Month Yoga on Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetes With or Without Complications: A Controlled Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care 2011;34: 2208–2210
Author(s) -
Shreelaxmi V. Hegde,
Prabha Adhikari,
Shashidhar Kotian,
Veena Jasmine Pinto,
Sydney C. D’Souza,
Vivian D’Souza
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc12-0261
Subject(s) - medicine , wilcoxon signed rank test , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , test (biology) , clinical trial , randomized controlled trial , mann–whitney u test , endocrinology , paleontology , biology
We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Sperandei (1) on our article (2). Following are the requested clarifications. Sperandei’s first question was on how we could use paired t test and the Wilcoxon signed rank test for analyzing unpaired variables between two groups even though these tests are designed for paired variables. We would like to respond that we had used paired t test …
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