Effects of school-based aerobic exercise on blood pressure in adolescent girls at risk for hypertension

C.K. Ewart, D.R. Young and J.M. Hagberg

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 6, 949-951

Abstract: Objectives. This study evaluated the effects of aerobic exercise physical education on blood pressure in high risk predominantly African American adolescent girls. Methods. Ninth-grade girls (n = 99) with blood pressure above the 67th percentile were randomized on semester aerobic exercise classes or standard physical education classes. Results. The study was completed by 88 girls. At posttest, only members of the aerobiology exercise group increased their estimated cardiorespiratory fitness. The aerobic exercise group had a greater decrease in systolic blood pressure than the standard physical education group (P

Date: 1998
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