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

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.