AUTHOR=Ghazvineh Dorsa , Daneshvar Mojtaba , Basirat Vahid , Daneshzad Elnaz 

TITLE=The Effect of Yoga on the Lipid Profile: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Nutrition

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.942702

DOI=10.3389/fnut.2022.942702

ISSN=2296-861X

ABSTRACT=Objectives: Yoga is a mind-body stress-relieving exercise that increases mental and physical health which may have a role in the improvement of metabolic disorders. The present study has reviewed the effect of yoga on lipid profile as a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Methods: We evaluated the available randomized controlled trials on the effects of yoga-based programs and lipid profiles by searching PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane central register of control trials up to January 2022. Both fixed and random effect analyses were used to find the relationships. Subgroup analysis was performed based on the continent, duration of the included studies, gender, and health condition of participants to discover the sources of heterogeneity.   
Result: Fifty-three studies were included in the current systematic review and meta-analysis with total sample size 13191. There was a striking association between yoga and total cholesterol (-10.31 mg/dl; 95% CI: -14.16, -6.45; I2 = 82.5%, P < 0.001), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (-8.64 mg/dl; 95% CI: -12.03, -5.25; I2 = 75.0%, P < 0.001), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (1.98 mg/dl; 95% CI: 0.81, 3.14; I2 = 91.6%, P < 0.001), triglycerides (-13.50 mg/dl; 95% CI: -20.09, -6.92; I2 = 90.7%, P < 0.001) and very low density lipoprotein (-3.94 mg/dl; 95%CI: -6.31, -1.56; I2 = 72.2%, P < 0.001).
Conclusion: It seems yoga exercise had a substantial effect on lipid profile, however more qualified trials or cohort studies are needed to conclude exactly.