The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials

Marie Murphy; A NEVILL; E MURTAGH; R HOLDER

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.12.008

The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials

Marie Murphy, A NEVILL, E MURTAGH, R HOLDER

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Abstract

Objective. The purpose of this review was to perform a meta-analysis on walking intervention studies in order to quantify the magnitude anddirection of walking-induced changes that may alter selected cardiovascular risk factors.Method. Twenty-four randomised controlled trials of walking were assessed for quality on a three-point scale. Data from these studies werepooled and treatment effects (TEs) were calculated for six traditional cardiovascular risk variables: body weight, body mass index (BMI),percentage body fat, aerobic fitness (VO2 max in ml kg−1 min−1) and resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Weighted TEs were analysedusing a random effects model with weights obtained using the inverse of the individual TE variances. Random effects models were used toinvestigate the influence of both study quality and exercise volume (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	377-385
Journal	Preventive Medicine
Volume	44
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.12.008
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 2007

Keywords

Walking
Cardiovascular risk
Fitness
Blood pressure
Fatness
Meta-analysis

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The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials

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