A systematic review and meta-analysis of yoga for arterial hypertension

Christoph Geiger, Holger Cramer, Dennis Anheyer, Gustav Dobos and Wiebke Kathrin Kohl-Heckl

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-22

Abstract: Background: This systematic review and meta-analysis is an update to prior research to evaluate the effects of yoga for managing prehypertension and hypertension. Methods: Medline/PubMed, Scopus and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) were searched from their inception until April 5th 2024. Randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) that compared yoga to any control intervention in participants with diagnosed prehypertension (120–139/80–89 mmHg) or hypertension (≥140/ ≥ 90mmHg) were included. Mean differences (MD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Risk of Bias was assessed using the Cochrane tool. Results: 30 RCTs with 2283 participants were included. Very low quality of evidence was found for positive effects of yoga on systolic blood pressure (SBP, 26 RCTs, n = 2007; MD = -7.95 mmHg, 95% CI = -10.24 to -5.66, p

Date: 2025
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