A Comparison Between Lifestyle Interventions and Usual Care Among Indian Adults With Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Vincy Nelson, Ayush Mittal, Souvik Manna, Paul T Francis, Nivedita Pavithran · 2026
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Vincy Nelson and co-authors reviewed in 2026 whether lifestyle programmes beat usual care for blood pressure in Indian adults. Heart disease is a top killer, and high blood pressure is a main driver, yet care access in India is uneven. The team searched three databases for studies from 2000 to 2025 on adults with high or borderline pressure, following standard review rules.
Fourteen studies with 1,547 people qualified, testing yoga, aerobic exercise, salt reduction, and mixed programmes. Pooling seven trials showed lifestyle care cut systolic pressure by about five points and diastolic by about two points against usual care. Yoga and meditation approaches showed the largest drops, and results were fairly consistent across studies. The authors pitch such low-cost programmes as add-ons for national disease control.
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| CREATOR | Vincy Nelson, Ayush Mittal, Souvik Manna, Paul T Francis, Nivedita Pavithran |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |