Restorative yoga and metabolic risk factors: The Practicing Restorative Yoga vs. Stretching for the Metabolic Syndrome (PRYSMS) randomized trial
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Aims Intensive lifestyle change prevents type 2 diabetes but is difficult to sustain. Preliminary evidence suggests that yoga may improve metabolic factors. We tested a restorative yoga intervention vs. active stretching for metabolic outcomes.Methods In 2009-2012, we conducted a 48-week randomized trial comparing restorative yoga vs. stretching among underactive adults with the metabolic syndrome at the Universities of California, San Francisco and San Diego. We provided lifestyle counseling and a tapering series of 90-min group classes in the 24-week intervention period and 24-week maintenance period. Fasting and 2-h glucose, HbA1c, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, insulin, systolic blood pressure, visceral fat, and quality of life were assessed at baseline, 6- and 12-months.Results 180 participants were randomized and 135 (75%) completed the trial. At 12 months, fasting glucose decreased more in the yoga group than in the stretching group (-0.35 mmol/L vs. -0.03 mmol/L; p=0.002); there were no other significant differences between groups. At 6 months favorable changes within the yoga group included reductions in fasting glucose, insulin, and HbA1c and an increase in HDL-cholesterol that were not sustained at 1 year except changes in fasting glucose. The stretching group had a significant reduction in triglycerides at 6 months which was not sustained at 1 year but had improved quality of life at both time-points.Conclusions Restorative yoga was marginally better than stretching for improving fasting glucose but not other metabolic factors.
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A 48-week randomized controlled trial comparing restorative yoga to active stretching among adults with MetS found significantly lower fasting glucose in the yoga group at 12 months.
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- Kanaya, A. M., Araneta, M. R. G., Pawlowsky, S. B., Barrett-Connor, E., Grady, D., Vittinghoff, E., Schembri, M., Chang, A., Carrion-Petersen, M. L., Coggins, T., Tanori, D., Armas, J. M., & Cole, R. J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kanaya, Alka M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-05
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 406-412
- ISSN
- 0891-6632 (ISSN-L)
- 1056-8727
- PMC
- PMC4004660
- OpenAlex
- W2082104161
- Cited by
- 71
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Diabetes and its Complications (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000004)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024131)
- NIH Clinical Center
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R01AT004569)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- restorative yoga, metabolic syndrome, stretching, type 2 diabetes prevention, lifestyle intervention, fasting blood glucose, insulin, HbA1c, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, quality of life, sedentary adults, visceral fat, blood pressure
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Blood Glucose, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Glycated Hemoglobin, Humans, Insulin, Life Style, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Time Factors, Triglycerides, Yoga, Treatment Outcome, Metabolic Syndrome, Muscle Stretching Exercises
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