Review: aerobic exercise reduces systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults

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(2002) Ann Intern Med 136, 493; Whelton SP, Chin A, Xin X, He J. . Effect of aerobic exercise on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. . Apr 2; . : . –503 . [OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] 
 
 QUESTION: In people ≥18 years of age, are interventions that include aerobic exercise more effective than interventions without aerobic exercise for reducing blood pressure? Studies were identified by searching Medline (1966 to September 2001) and SPORTDiscus and by reviewing bibliographies of relevant articles. Studies published in English were included if they were randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing interventions that included aerobic exercise (treatment group) with interventions without aerobic exercise (control group), lasted ≥2 weeks, reported changes in blood pressure (systolic, diastolic, or both) from baseline to follow up with the corresponding variances or data to estimate them, and participants were ≥18 years of … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DAnnals%2Bof%2BInternal%2BMedicine%26rft.stitle%253DANN%2BINTERN%2BMED%26rft.issn%253D0003-4819%26rft.aulast%253DWhelton%26rft.auinit1%253DS.%2BP.%26rft.volume%253D136%26rft.issue%253D7%26rft.spage%253D493%26rft.epage%253D503%26rft.atitle%253DEffect%2Bof%2BAerobic%2BExercise%2Bon%2BBlood%2BPressure%253A%2BA%2BMeta-Analysis%2Bof%2BRandomized%252C%2BControlled%2BTrials%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.7326%252F0003-4819-136-7-200204020-00006%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F11926784%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.7326/0003-4819-136-7-200204020-00006&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=11926784&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febmed%2F7%2F6%2F170.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000174682100001&link_type=ISI