The effect of long-term isometric contraction training intervention on blood pressure normalization in prehypertensive individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMC Cardiovasc Disord · 2026 · PMC13093947 · PMID 41820846

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did not reach statistical significancep > 0.05actually significant

This result is not statistically significant as the confidence intervals include zero and did not reach statistical significance (p > 0.05).

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borderline significantno p-value reported

At this point, gender subgroup analysis revealed that: Male: Systolic blood pressure showed a borderline significant decrease (MD: −3.2 mmHg; 95% CI: −6.4 to 0.1; *p* = 0.05; I 2 = 44%), while diastolic blood pressure showed no significant change (*p* = 0.09; I 2 = 0%).

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