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| Effect of Yoga on Oxidative Stress in Elderly with Grade-I Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Study |  | Satish G Patil, Gopal B Dhanakshirur, Manjunatha R Aithala, Govindanagouda Naregal, Kusal K Das
1. PhD Fellow, Department of Physiology, BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Karnataka, India. 2. Professor, Department of Physiology, BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Karnataka, India. 3. Professor, Department of Physiology, BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Karnataka, India. 4. Postgraudate, Department of Biochemistry, BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Karnataka, India. 5. Professor, Department of Physiology, BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Karnataka, India. | | | Correspondence Address :
Dr. Satish G Patil,
PhD Fellow, Department of Physiology, BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College,
Hospital & Research Centre, Karnataka, India.
Phone: 91-9986789583, E-mail: sathupatil@yahoo.co.in
| | | | | Abstract |  | Background and Objectives: Hypertension, especially in elderly is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Oxidative stress has been implicated as one of the underlying cause of hypertension. Yoga has been found to control hypertension in the elderly, but the underlying benefits of mechanism in relation to oxidative stress regulation remains unclear. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of yoga on oxidative stress in elderly with Grade-I hypertension.
Methods: An open parallel-arm randomised controlled study was conducted at BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, India on elderly male individuals with Grade-I hypertension (n=57, age 60-80 years). Study (Yoga) group was assigned for yoga intervention and control group for walking for one hour in the morning for six days in a week for three months under the supervision of yoga instructor and physical training instructor respectively. Serum malondialdehyde (MDA) as an indicator of oxidative stress and antioxidants such as serum superoxide dismutase (SOD), reduced glutathione (GSH) and vitamin C levels were estimated.
Results: Yoga practice for three months has significantly reduced serum MDA level (p<0.001), and enhanced antioxidants level such as SOD activity (p=0.007), serum GSH (p=0.002) and vitamin C (p=0.002). In the control group, we observed a significant increase in serum MDA level (p=0.04) and reduction in serum vitamin C level (p=0.015) with no significant difference in the SOD activity and GSH level.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that yoga is an effective means to reduce oxidative stress and to improve antioxidant defense in elderly hypertensive individuals.
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Jan 2009 - an estimated 30 million people reguarly practice yoga worldwide ... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7844691.stm
According to Yoga Journal:
A 2012 study indicates that 8.7 percent of U.S. adults, or 20.4 million people, practice yoga. Of current non-practitioners, 44.4 percent of Americans call themselves "aspirational yogis"—people who are interested in trying yoga. www.yogajournal.com/press/yoga_in_america
Why practice yoga? Practitioners' motivations for adopting and maintaining yoga practice.
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