Research Article
The Effect of Dongeui Qigong for Prehypertension and Mild Essential Hypertension
Table 2
Changes in blood pressure in each group.
| | Qigong group | Change of BP in qigong group | Control group | Change of BP in control group |
| Baseline | | | | | SBP | 134.45 ± 10.41 | | 130.47 ± 13.93 | | DBP | 85.23 ± 6.43 | | 85.41 ± 7.83 | | After 4 weeks | | | | | SBP | 132.67 ± 11.61 | −2.48 ± 11.25 | 132.24 ± 10.38 | 0.81 ± 10.08 | DBP | 84.62 ± 6.35 | −1.53 ± 4.83 | 87.36 ± 7.29 | 2.09 ± 8.04 | After 8 weeks | | | | | SBP | 129.63 ± 10.14 | −5.0 ± 10.42 | 128.58 ± 10.92 | −3.36 ± 12.88 | DBP | 84.15 ± 6.96 | −1.81 ± 5.53 | 83.80 ± 5.53 | −2.06 ± 7.78 | After 12 weeks | | | | | SBP | 129.82 ± 9.11 | −5.19 ± 12.06 | 126.48 ± 12.0 | −5.61 ± 14.97 | DBP | 85.16 ± 7.60 | −1.09 ± 7.18 | 83.92 ± 7.67 | −1.83 ± 8.02 | After f/u 4 weeks | | | | | SBP | 131.19 ± 12.52 | −3.82 ± 13.34 | 129.68 ± 14.01 | −2.57 ± 13.85 | DBP | 84.70 ± 9.31 | −1.54 ± 8.02 | 84.19 ± 7.90 | −1.37 ± 8.82 |
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SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.
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