期刊论文

Liang, Fan-Rong

英文

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION

1524-6175

2019

21

3

412-420

10.1111/jch.13490

Funding information This trial was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2012CB518501) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81590951). The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China had no role in the design and conduct of the trial, collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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Acupuncture may be beneficial for patients with mild hypertension, but the evidence is not convincing. We aimed to examine the effect of acupuncture on blood pressure (BP) reduction in patients with mild hypertension. We conducted a multicenter, single-blind, sham-controlled, randomized trial in eleven hospitals in China. The trial included 428 patients with systolic blood pressure (SBP) from 140 to 159 mm Hg and/or with diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from 90 to 99 mm Hg. The patients were randomly assigned to receive 18 sessions of affected meridian acupuncture (n = 107) or non-affected merid...