Effect of Yoga on Examination Stress and Hypertension: A Biochemical and Molecular Study

This was a randomized control study to investigate the effect of yoga on recently diagnosed essential hypertensive patients with reference to oxidative stress markers and gene expression in comparison with exercise. After screening for selection criteria and consent to participate in the study, 127 essential hypertensive patients were included. Out of the 127 patients, randomly 42 subjects were intervened by yoga by a trained yoga teacher, 42 subjects were intervened by aerobic exercise by a trained physiotherapist and 43 were followed by drug therapy alone.There were 9 drop outs in the study(2 in the drug therapy, 4 in yoga group and 3 in aerobic exercise group). The outcome measurements were done before and after 6 months of intervention.