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

Table 4

Subgroup analysis of the effect of aerobic training on DBP.

Variables	Number of literatures (articles)	Heterogeneity test		Effect magnitude
		value	value	WMD	value	value
Progressive training
Yes	7	100	<0.001	-4.26	(-8.75, 0.24)	0.06
No	7	83	<0.001	-4.45	(-6.86, -2.04)	<0.001
Training cycle
<12 weeks	7	45	0.09	-3.37	(-4.32, -2.43)	<0.001
≥12 weeks	7	99	<0.001	-4.44	(-8.16, -0.73)	0.02