Key result
Yogic intervention significantly reduced resting systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and body mass index compared to medication alone in patients with coronary artery disease.
Why the study?
Does yogic intervention improve autonomic function and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease?
RCT (n=258)
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No
Does yogic intervention improve autonomic function and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease?
Absolute Event Rate: 5.41% vs 0.7%
p-value: p=0.002
Yoga therapy as an adjunct treatment significantly improves cardiovascular risk factors such as BMI, blood pressure, and heart rate in patients with coronary artery disease.
Supports adjunctive yoga in CAD secondary prevention; extends RCT evidence for nonpharmacologic risk-factor control.
In this study 258 patients from the Department of Cardiology in Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow were selected to participate. All had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease. They were randomly divided into 2 groups, the yoga group and the non-yoga group, 129 in each group; 208 completed the study protocol. The yogic intervention consisted of 35-40 min/day, 5 days a week over a period of 18 months in the Department of Physiology. Autonomic function testing was done in both the groups at zero time and after 18 months. We observed a statistically significant reduction in body mass index, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate (P < 0.05), i.e., a significant positive effect was observed when yoga therapy was used as an adjunct in patients with coronary artery disease.
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Pal et al. (2013) conducted an RCT in Coronary artery disease (n=258). Yogic intervention plus medication vs. Medication only was evaluated on Reduction in resting systolic blood pressure (mmHg) (p=0.002). Yogic intervention significantly reduced resting systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and body mass index compared to medication alone in patients with coronary artery disease.
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