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Transcendental Meditation is an effective treatment for controlling high blood pressure with the added benefit of bypassing possible side effects and hazards of anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new meta-analysis conducted at the University of Kentucky. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Hypertension.
The meta-analysis evaluated nine randomized, controlled trials using Transcendental Meditation as a primary intervention for hypertensive patients. The practice of Transcendental Meditation was associated with approximate reductions of 4.7 mm systolic blood pressure and 3.2 mm diastolic blood pressure.
The study's lead author, Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, said that blood pressure reductions of this magnitude would be expected to be accompanied by significant reductions in risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease—without drug side effects.
Anderson's most recent findings reinforce an earlier study that found Transcendental Meditation produces a statistically significant reduction in high blood pressure that was not found with other forms of relaxation, meditation, biofeedback or stress management.
"Adding Transcendental Medication is about equivalent to adding a second antihypertension agent to one's current regimen only safer and less troublesome," Anderson said.
Source: University of Kentucky 本人已认领该文编译，48小时后若未提交译文，请其他战友自由认领。 Meditation impacts blood pressure, study shows
研究表明，沉思影响血压
Transcendental Meditation is an effective treatment for controlling high blood pressure with the added benefit of bypassing possible side effects and hazards of anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new meta-analysis conducted at the University of Kentucky. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Hypertension.
肯塔基大学组织的新meta-分析结果表明，冥思是一种有效的控制高血压的手段，从而避免了降压药的可能的不良反应和风险。该项研究结果发表在三月份的美国高血压杂志上。
The meta-analysis evaluated nine randomized, controlled trials using Transcendental Meditation as a primary intervention for hypertensive patients. The practice of Transcendental Meditation was associated with approximate reductions of 4.7 mm systolic blood pressure and 3.2 mm diastolic blood pressure.
meta-分析评价了九组随机对照试验，试验中高血压病人以冥思作为主要的干预手段。结果表明，接近4.7mm的收缩压下降和3.2mm的舒张压下降与冥思有关。
The study's lead author, Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, said that blood pressure reductions of this magnitude would be expected to be accompanied by significant reductions in risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease—without drug side effects.
研究带头人，肯塔基大学医学院医学教授Anderson博士说，此一数量级的血压下降有望明显降低冠心病的风险，而且没有药物的副作用。
Anderson's most recent findings reinforce an earlier study that found Transcendental Meditation produces a statistically significant reduction in high blood pressure that was not found with other forms of relaxation, meditation, biofeedback or stress management.
Anderson的最新发现进一步印证了早期的研究结果即冥思能够明显降低血压，而其他形式如放松、思考或者施压等则没有出现同样的效果。
"Adding Transcendental Medication is about equivalent to adding a second antihypertension agent to one's current regimen only safer and less troublesome," Anderson said.
Anderson说，在现行的治疗方案中引入冥思治疗差不多和引入第二种降压药效果相当，且更安全，麻烦少。
Source: University of Kentucky
来源：肯塔基大学
编译 多谢费心翻译，不过有一点暇疵。
meditation不能翻译成沉思，而应该是冥想，是技术含量很高的冥想。
冥想的形式包括瑜伽、气功、太极拳和佛教的打坐等。Transcendental Meditation是其中的一种形式，有人翻译为超觉jingzuo，难度很高。建议用鼻腔内低强度激光照射（附录二）更简单。
详细的讨论请参考附录一。
原文如下，感兴趣的网友可以下载传给我（liutcy@scnu.edu.cn）
Anderson JW, Liu C, Kryscio RJ. 2008.Blood Pressure Response to Transcendental Meditation: A Meta-analysis. Am J Hypertens. 2008 Mar;21(3):310-6.
BackgroundPrior clinical trials suggest that the Transcendental Meditation technique may decrease blood pressure of normotensive and hypertensive individuals but study-quality issues have been raised. This study was designed to assess effects of Transcendental Meditation on blood pressure using objective quality assessments and meta-analyses.MethodsPubMed and Cochrane databases through December 2006 and collected publications on Transcendental Meditation were searched. Randomized, controlled trials comparing blood pressure responses to the Transcendental Meditation technique with a control group were evaluated. Primary outcome measures were changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after practicing Transcendental Meditation or following control procedures. A specific rating system (0-20 points) was used to evaluate studies and random-effects models were used for meta-analyses.ResultsNine randomized, controlled trials met eligibility criteria. Study-quality scores ranged from low (score, 7) to high (16) with three studies of high quality (15 or 16) and three of acceptable quality (11 or 12). The random-effects meta-analysis model for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively, indicated that Transcendental Meditation, compared to control, was associated with the following changes: -4.7 mm Hg (95% confidence interval (CI), -7.4 to -1.9 mm Hg) and -3.2 mm Hg (95% CI, -5.4 to -1.3 mm Hg). Subgroup analyses of hypertensive groups and high-quality studies showed similar reductions.ConclusionsThe regular practice of Transcendental Meditation may have the potential to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure by approximately 4.7 and 3.2 mm Hg, respectively. These are clinically meaningful changes.American Journal of Hypertension (2008) doi:10.1038/ajh.2007.65American Journal of Hypertension (2008) doi:10.1038/ajh.2007.65.
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