Exercise Reduces Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT: Background Although exercise training reduces office blood pressure (BP), scarcer evidence is available on whether these benefits also apply to ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), which is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality. The present study aims to assess the effects of exercise training on ABP in patients with hypertension based on evidence from randomized controlled trials. Methods and Results A systematic search of randomized controlled trials on the aforementioned topic was conducted in PubMed and Scopus (since inception to April 1, 2020). The mean difference between interventions (along with 95% CI) for systolic BP and diastolic BP was assessed using a random-effects model. Sub-analyses were performed attending to (1) whether participants were taking antihyper

SUBMITTER: Saco-Ledo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7955398 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature