Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Aerobic Training on Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients

Table 3

Subgroup analysis of the effect of aerobic training on SBP.

Variables	Number of literatures (articles)	Heterogeneity test		Effect magnitude
		value	value	WMD value	95% CI value	value
Progressive training
Yes	7	100	<0.001	-9.07	(-15.25, -2.89)	<0.001
No	7	54	0.03	-8.18	(-10.87, -5.5)	<0.001
Training cycle
<12 weeks	7	82	<0.001	-10.08	(-15.14, -5.02)	<0.001
≥12 weeks	7	100	<0.001	-7.35	(-12.98, -1.71)	0.01