Additional benefit of yoga to standard lifestyle modification on blood pressure in prehypertensive subjects: A randomized controlled study

Hypertension Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-55

  Thiyagarajan, Ramkumar ^a   Pal, Pravati ^a   Pal, Gopal Krushna ^a   Subramanian, Senthil Kumar ^a   Trakroo, Madanmohan ^b   Bobby, Zachariah ^a   Das, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

blood pressure; lifestyle modification; prehypertension; yoga therapy

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREHYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOGA; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; YOGA;

EID: 84920527857     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2014.126     Document Type: Article

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