• Department of Sport and Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, P.R.China;
LI Hongjuan, Email: janerobin@126.com
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Objective This study aimed to compare the effects of aerobic training, resistance training, and aerobic training combined with resistance training on blood lipid levels for patients with hypertension using network meta-analysis. Methods We searched the CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, and EMbase databases to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on blood lipid levels among patients with hypertension from inception to September 16th, 2021. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies. Stata 15.1 software and RevMan 5.0 software were then used to perform network meta-analysis. Results A total of 29 RCTs involving 2 519 patients were included. Compared with the control group, aerobic training (MD=−0.47, 95%CI −0.62 to −0.319, P<0.001), resistance training (MD=−0.37, 95%CI −0.63 to −0.11, P<0.05), and aerobic training combined with resistance training (MD=−0.61, 95%CI 0.88 to −0.34, P=0.005) reduced total cholesterol levels; aerobic training (MD=0.14, 95%CI 0.08 to 0.20, P<0.001), resistance training (MD=0.10, 95%CI 0.02 to 0.19, P<0.05), and aerobic training combined with resistance training (MD=0.12, 95%CI 0.02 to 0.23, P=0.038) increased high-density lipoproteins; aerobic training (MD=−0.32, 95%CI −0.48 to −0.15, P=0.001), resistance training (MD=−0.19, 95%CI −0.48 to −0.01, P<0.05), and aerobic training combined with resistance training (MD=−0.40, 95%CI −0.70 to −0.11, P<0.05) reduced low-density lipoproteins. The SUCRA probability sorting results showed that aerobic training had the most significant effect on the improvement of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure; aerobic exercise combined with resistance training had the largest effect on total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins, and high-density lipoproteins. Conclusions Aerobic training combined with resistance training is the most effective exercise method to improve blood lipid levels for patients with hypertension. Due to the limited quantity and quality of the included studies, the above conclusions are needed to be verified by more high-quality studies.

Citation: FEI Xi, LIU Mingxin, LI Chao, LI Hongjuan. Effects of exercise on blood lipid for patients with hypertension: a network meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2021, 21(12): 1424-1431. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202109036 Copy

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