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=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>This study mainly used network meta-analysis to explore the effect of different types of exercise on hypertension in middle-aged and older adults.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Several databases (e.g., PubMed, Embase, and 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.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>A total of 19 articles and 2,385 participants were included in the analysis. Aerobic exercise interventions [MD = −9.254, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05, 95% CI (−14.810, −3.698)] and static exercise interventions [MD = −10.465, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05, 95% CI (−18.135, −2.794)] had a significant effect on the improvement in systolic blood pressure (SBP). For diastolic blood pressure (DBP), aerobic exercise interventions [MD = −1.4096; <italic>P</italic> &gt; 0.05, 95% CI (−8.2395, 5.4201)] and static exercise interventions [MD = −4.5206, <italic>P</italic> &gt; 0.05, 95% CI (−14.0436, 5.0023)] were not statistically significant. The results of the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) showed that static exercise improved hypertension better than aerobic exercise.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>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.</p></sec>