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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD001561. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001561.pub2
Methods Volunteers screened
Randomisation by individual
Participants Men and women aged 29+ with unmedicated high-normal blood pressure.
Overweight and not performing regular aerobic exercise. N=79
Interventions Exercise physiologist supervised exercise and behavioural intervention including diet. Duration 6 months
Outcomes No clinical event outcomes
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, glucose tolerance, weight, exercise test
Notes Another intervention group received only exercise intervention. Authors conclusions: Exercise alone reduced BP and the addition of behavioural weight loss programme enhanced this