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Trial reportHypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension2015

Additional benefit of yoga to standard lifestyle modification on blood pressure in prehypertensive subjects: a randomized controlled study.

Ramkumar Thiyagarajan, Pravati Pal, Gopal Krushna Pal, Senthil Kumar Subramanian, Madanmohan Trakroo, Zachariah Bobby, Ashok Kumar Das

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Who cites it

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  14. Significance of Yoga for the Management of Dyslipidemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025
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  20. Indian guidelines on hypertension-IV (2019).Journal of human hypertension · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ramkumar ThiyagarajanDepartment of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Pravati PalDepartment of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Gopal Krushna PalDepartment of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Senthil Kumar SubramanianDepartment of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Madanmohan TrakrooDepartment of Physiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
Zachariah BobbyDepartment of Biochemistry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Ashok Kumar Das1] Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India [2] Department of Endocrinology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High blood pressure (BP) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease morbidity. Considering the growing evidence of nonpharmacological interventions in the management of high BP, we designed a randomized, parallel active-controlled study on the effect of yoga and standard lifestyle modification (LSM) on BP and heart rate in individuals with prehypertension (systolic BP 120-139 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP 80-89 mm Hg). Volunteers (20-60 years) of both genders without any known cardiovascular disease were randomized into either LSM group (n = 92) or LSM+yoga group (n = 92). Before the intervention, age, waist circumference, physical activity, BP and fasting plasma glucose and lipids were comparable between the groups. After 12 weeks of intervention, we observed a significant reduction in the BP and heart rate in both the groups. Further, the reduction in systolic BP was significantly more in LSM+yoga group (6 mm Hg) as compared with LSM group (4 mm Hg). In addition, 13 prehypertensives became normotensives in LSM+yoga group and four in LSM group. The results indicate efficacy of nonpharmacological intervention and the additional benefit of yoga to standard LSM. Further research in this field may add to the level of evidence on the benefit of yoga, in the reduction of BP in high BP subjects, in the scientific literature.

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Blood PressureLife StyleYogaAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrehypertension

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PMID25185831

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