Key result
Supervised exercise training significantly reduced clinic blood pressure (from 166/103 to 157/99 mmHg, P<0.03) and glucose/insulin levels, but did not affect 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure.
Why the study?
Does 14 weeks of exercise training reduce ambulatory blood pressure and improve glucose tolerance in sedentary, untreated hypertensive patients?
Population
20 sedentary, untreated, non-obese, normoglycaemic individuals of both sexes with uncomplicated essential…
Design
Cohort, open
Follow-up
14 weeks
Authors
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Clinic BP reductions with supervised exercise warrant ambulatory confirmation before guiding care; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs.
Does 14 weeks of exercise training reduce ambulatory blood pressure and improve glucose tolerance in sedentary, untreated hypertensive patients?
Mild exercise training improves clinic blood pressure and insulin sensitivity but does not alter 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in untreated hypertensive patients.
Bursztyn et al. (1993) studied uncomplicated essential hypertension (n=20). Supervised, low-intensity, group exercise vs. Baseline was evaluated on Ambulatory and clinic blood pressure, and glucose and insulin responses to an intravenous glucose tolerance test. Supervised exercise training significantly reduced clinic blood pressure (from 166/103 to 157/99 mmHg, P<0.03) and glucose/insulin levels, but did not affect 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure.
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