Alexander, Schneider, et al., 1996
Alexander, C. N.; Schneider, R. H.; Staggers, F; Sheppard, W.; Clayborne, B. M.; Rainforth, M.; Salerno, J.; Kondwani, K.; Smith, S.; Walton, K. G.; and Egan, B. Trial of stress reduction for hypertension in older African Americans: II. Sex and risk subgroup analysis. Hypertension 28: 228–237, 1996.
This study found that the Transcendental Meditation program reduced high systolic and diastolic blood pressure among all subgroups of hypertensive patients—both men and women, and both high and low psychosocial stress subjects—in contrast to control subjects. Those participating in the Transcendental Meditation program, irrespective of their subgroup on five other risk measures for high blood pressure—obesity, alcohol use, physical inactivity, dietary sodium-potassium intake, and an overall index of all risk factors—also showed reduction of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in comparison to control subjects.
- Year
- 1996
- Journal
- Hypertension
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 6, pp. 3870–3882
- Section
- Health
Findings (2)
Health—Cardiovascular
Reduction of High Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Found for both Men and Women, and both High and Low Psychosocial Stress Subjects who Learned the Transcendental Meditation program
Transcendental Meditation · Randomized controlled trial
Reduction of High Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Irrespective of Score on Five Other Measures of Risk for High Blood Pressure—Obesity, Alcohol Use, Physical Inactivity, Dietary Sodium-Potassium Intake, and Index of All Risk Factors Combined
Transcendental Meditation · Randomized controlled trial
Authors
- Frank Staggers, MD
Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Charles N. Alexander, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Robert H. Schneider, MD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- B. Mawiyah Clayborne, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Maxwell Rainforth, MS MA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- John Salerno, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Kofi Kondwani, MS
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Kenneth G. Walton, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Brent Egan, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
- William Sheppard, PhD
West Oakland Health Center, Oakland, CA, USA
- Sandra Smith, PhD
West Oakland Health Center, Oakland, CA, USA