AUTHOR=Gao Wei , Lv Moran , Huang Tao 

TITLE=Effects of different types of exercise on hypertension in middle-aged and older adults: a network meta-analysis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1194124

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1194124

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Objective: This study mainly used network meta-analysis to explore the effect of different types of exercise on hypertension in middle-aged and older adults.Methods: Several databases (e.g., PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library) were used to search for randomized controlled trials on the effects of different types of exercise on hypertension in middle-aged and older adults.Results: A total of 19 articles and 2385 participants were included in the analysis. Aerobic exercise interventions [MD=-9.254, P<0.05, 95% CI (-14.810, -3.698)] and static exercise interventions [MD=-10.465, P<0.05, 95% CI (-18.135, -2.794)] had a significant effect on the improvement in SBP. For DBP, aerobic exercise interventions [MD=-1.4096; P>0.05, 95% CI (-8.2395, 5.4201)] and static exercise interventions [MD=-4.5206, P> 0.05, 95% CI (-14.0436, 5.0023)] were not statistically significant. The SUCRA ranking results showed that static exercise improved hypertension better than aerobic exercise.Aerobic exercise and static exercise have been shown to have a good effect on the improvement of hypertension, but the effect on DBP is not significant.