Guided walking reduces blood pressure in hypertensive sedentary subjects including those with resistant hypertension.

Journal of Human Hypertension
Simona MandiniGianni Mazzoni

Abstract

Hypertension poorly responsive to medications is defined resistant hypertension. We have previously shown that 1-year of guided walking is followed by highly significant reduction of systolic blood pressure in hypertensive subjects. Aim of this study was to assess the effect of a 1-year of guided walking on the blood pressure of sedentary hypertensive subjects including patients with resistant hypertension. Two hundred and fifty-nine sedentary subjects with systolic pressure ≥130 mmHg were subdivided in a group without blood pressure medications and in a group taking three or more antihypertensive drugs, including diuretics. Blood pressure, body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, and walking speed were determined at enrollment and after 1-year of walking, supervised by exercise physiologists. At baseline, systolic pressure was significantly higher in the subjects under therapy (144.6 ± 12.2 vs. 140.2 ± 10.7). Two hundred and three subjects (124 without and 79 with therapy) completed the program. During the 1-year program each subject walked ~220 h. After 1-year a significant decrease (P < 0.0001) of systolic pressure was observed in both groups. The decrease was significantly higher (P < 0.0001) in the subjects under...Continue Reading

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