Chronic aerobic exercise improves blood pressure dipping status in African American nondippers

Authors

Chenyi Ling, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Keith M. Diaz, Temple University
Jan Kretzschmar, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Deborah L. Feairheller, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Kathleen M. Sturgeon, University of Pennsylvania
Amanda M. Perkins, Missouri State University - Springfield
Praveen Veerabhadrappa, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Sheara T. Williamson, Notre Dame University of Maryland
Hojun Lee, Temple University
Heather Grimm, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Dianne M. Babbitt, Temple University
Michael D. Brown, The University of Illinois at Chicago

Abstract

The effects of exercise training on nocturnal blood pressure (BP) dipping status remain unclear. African Americans have the highest prevalence of nondippers compared with other racial/ethnic populations. In this 6-month study we tested the hypothesis that long-term aerobic exercise training would increase the levels of nocturnal BP dipping in African American nondippers.

Department

Kinesiology

Publication Date

12-2014

Journal Title

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MBP.0000000000000075

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Ling C, Diaz KM, Kretzschmar J, Feairheller DL, Sturgeon KM, Perkins AM, Veerabhadrappa P, Williamson ST, Lee H, Grimm H, Babbitt DM, Brown MD. Chronic Aerobic Exercise Improves Blood Pressure Dipping Status in African American Non-Dippers. Blood Pressure Monitoring. 19(6), 353-358. 2014.

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