Walking and resting blood pressure: An inter-individual response difference meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

George A Kelley; Kristi S Kelley; Brian L Stauffer

doi:10.1177/00368504221101636

Walking and resting blood pressure: An inter-individual response difference meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Sci Prog. 2022 Apr-Jun;105(2):368504221101636. doi: 10.1177/00368504221101636.

Authors

George A Kelley¹, Kristi S Kelley¹, Brian L Stauffer^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, 5631West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.

Abstract

While walking is associated with reductions in resting SBP and DBP, a lack of true IIRD exists, suggesting that factors other than training response variation (random variation, physiological responses associated with behavioral changes that are not the result of walking) are responsible for the observed variation in resting SBP and DBP.

Keywords: Walking; adults; blood pressure; hypertension; meta-analysis.

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure / physiology
Humans
Hypertension*
Plastic Surgery Procedures*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Rest
Walking