Key result
Three weeks of exercise training significantly reduced 24-hour mean arterial pressure from 104 to 101 mmHg, which correlated with improvements in insulin sensitivity and baroreflex function.
Why the study?
Does exercise training improve blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, and sympathetic tone in hospitalized patients with essential hypertension?
Population
29 hospitalized patients with essential hypertension
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 weeks
Authors
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Exercise training may aid hypertension via linked metabolic-neural effects; leaves open causal mediation in prospective trials.
Does exercise training improve blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, and sympathetic tone in hospitalized patients with essential hypertension?
Absolute Event Rate: 101% vs 104%
p-value: p=<0.05
Exercise training lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients, and this depressor effect is closely associated with improvements in insulin resistance and sympathetic overactivity.
Kohno et al. (2000) studied Essential hypertension (n=29). Exercise training vs. Baseline (pre-training) was evaluated on 24-hour mean arterial pressure (p=<0.05). Three weeks of exercise training significantly reduced 24-hour mean arterial pressure from 104 to 101 mmHg, which correlated with improvements in insulin sensitivity and baroreflex function.
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