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. 2024 Apr 15:217:31-34.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.02.012. Epub 2024 Mar 4.

Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction Through Adapted Mindfulness Training: The MB-BP Study

Eric B Loucks  1 , Vinicius V Neves  2 , Virginia Cafferky  3 , Matthew M Scarpaci  4 , Ian M Kronish  5
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Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction Through Adapted Mindfulness Training: The MB-BP Study

Eric B Loucks et al. Am J Cardiol. .
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Keywords: blood pressure; clinical trial; mindfulness.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Dr. Loucks developed the MB-BP program. He does not receive financial compensation related to MB-BP. Conditions were put in place to limit the potential bias of Dr. Loucks on study data interpretation. For example, he did not have access to the master data file, nor did he perform the statistical analyses, which were performed by an independent data analyst (M.S.). Other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Figure 1.
Changes in SBP from baseline through two-years follow-up after MB-BP program: (A) for all participants, and stratified by baseline SBP; (B) stratified by tertile of mindfulness practice duration. P-values represent comparison of SBP at two-years versus baseline, utilizing multiple imputation. Error bars represent standard error of the mean. N=48.
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