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Impact of transcendental meditation on ambulatory blood pressure in African-American adolescents

Author(s) -

Ver A. Barnes,

Frank A. Treiber,

Maribeth H. Johnson

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.12.008

Subject(s) - transcendental meditation , medicine , ambulatory blood pressure , blood pressure , ambulatory , meditation , diastole , cardiology , physical therapy , theology , philosophy

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of stress reduction on blood pressure (BP) in adolescents by the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program. African-American adolescents (aged 16.2 +/- 1.3 years) with high normal systolic BP were randomly assigned to either 4-month TM (n = 50) or health education control (n = 50) groups. Ambulatory 24-h BP measures were recorded at pretest, 2- and 4-month post-tests, and 4-month follow-up. Greater decreases in daytime systolic BP (P < .04) and diastolic BP (P < .06) in the TM group compared with the control group across the visits demonstrate a beneficial impact of the TM program in youth at risk for the development of hypertension.

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