Why the study?
Does stress reduction with meditation reduce systolic blood pressure in Black men and women with high normal and normal blood pressure compared to health education?
Does stress reduction with meditation reduce systolic blood pressure in Black men and women with high normal and normal blood pressure compared to health education?
Meditation is an effective non-pharmacological intervention to lower systolic blood pressure in Black individuals with high normal blood pressure, which may help reduce cardiovascular health disparities.
Meditation offers a viable nonpharmacologic option for Black adults with high-normal BP; extends evidence on targeted stress reduction for BP control.
This RCT found that meditation lowered systolic BP in Black men and women with high normal BP but not in normal BP participants. These results may be relevant to reducing health disparities in CVD and related co-morbidities.
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