Why the study?
Does the Transcendental Meditation program reduce carotid intima-media thickness compared to health education in hypertensive African Americans?
Population
138 initially enrolled (60 completed) hypertensive African American men and women, aged >20 years
Comparison
Transcendental Meditation (TM) program vs Health education group
Design
RCT, randomized
Follow-up
6 to 9 months
Authors
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Supports TM as adjunctive therapy in hypertensive African Americans; extends stress-reduction evidence to vascular surrogate markers.
Does the Transcendental Meditation program reduce carotid intima-media thickness compared to health education in hypertensive African Americans?
Stress reduction with the Transcendental Meditation program significantly reduced carotid intima-media thickness compared to health education in hypertensive African Americans.
Castillo-Richmond et al. (2000) studied this question.
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