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. 2022 Apr-Jun;105(2):368504221101636.
doi: 10.1177/00368504221101636.

Walking and resting blood pressure: An inter-individual response difference meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

George A Kelley  1 , Kristi S Kelley  1 , Brian L Stauffer  2   3
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Walking and resting blood pressure: An inter-individual response difference meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

George A Kelley et al. Sci Prog. 2022 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

While walking is associated with reductions in resting SBP and DBP, a lack of true IIRD exists, suggesting that factors other than training response variation (random variation, physiological responses associated with behavioral changes that are not the result of walking) are responsible for the observed variation in resting SBP and DBP.

Keywords: Walking; adults; blood pressure; hypertension; meta-analysis.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Treatment effect changes in resting systolic blood pressure (SBP). The black filled squares, sized according to the weight contributing to the overall effect, represent changes in SBP from each study while the left and right extremes of the squares represent the lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for changes in SBP from each study. The black diamond represents the pooled mean change in resting SBP while the left and right extremes of the diamond represent the pooled lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for changes in SBP. The dashed vertical line represents the pooled mean effect for changes in SBP while the solid vertical line represents the zero (0) point.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Treatment effect changes in resting diastolic blood pressure (DBP). The black filled squares, sized according to the weight contributing to the overall effect, represent changes in DBP from each study while the left and right extremes of the squares represent the lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for changes in DBP from each study. The black diamond represents the pooled mean change in resting DBP while the left and right extremes of the diamond represent the pooled lower and upper 95% confidence intervals for changes in DBP. The dashed vertical line represents the pooled mean effect for changes in DBP while the solid vertical line represents the zero (0) point.
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