Lau Caren, Yu Ruby, Woo Jean
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
PLoS One. 2015 Jun 25;10(6):e0130731. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130731. eCollection 2015.
To determine the efficacy of a 12-week Hatha yoga intervention to improve metabolic risk profiles and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese adults with and without metabolic syndrome (MetS).
We conducted a controlled trial within an university-affiliated hospital. 173 Chinese men and women aged 18 or above were assigned to either the yoga intervention group (n = 87) or the control group (n = 86). Primary outcomes included 12-week change in metabolic risk factors and MetS z score. Secondary outcome was HRQoL (Medical Outcomes Short Form Survey at 12 weeks).
The mean age of participants was 52.0 (SD 7.4, range 31-71) years. Analysis involving the entire study population revealed that the yoga group achieved greater decline in waist circumference (p<0.001), fasting glucose (p<0.01), triglycerides (p<0.05), and MetS z score (p<0.01). Yoga training also improved general health perceptions (p<0.01), physical component score (p<0.01), and social functioning (p<0.01) domains score of HRQoL. However, no significant differences between groups were observed in the mean change of systolic/diastolic blood pressures or high-density lipid protein cholesterol (all p>0.05). There were no significant differences in the intervention effects on waist circumference and MetS z score between the MetS subgroups (both p>0.05).
A 12-week Hatha yoga intervention improves metabolic risk profiles and HRQoL in Chinese adults with and without MetS.
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12613000816752.
确定为期12周的哈他瑜伽干预对患有和未患有代谢综合征（MetS）的中国成年人改善代谢风险状况和健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）的效果。
我们在一家大学附属医院进行了一项对照试验。173名年龄在18岁及以上的中国男性和女性被分为瑜伽干预组（n = 87）或对照组（n = 86）。主要结局包括12周内代谢风险因素的变化和MetS z评分。次要结局是HRQoL（12周时的医学结局简表调查）。
参与者的平均年龄为52.0（标准差7.4，范围31 - 71）岁。对整个研究人群的分析显示，瑜伽组在腰围（p<0.001）、空腹血糖（p<0.01）、甘油三酯（p<0.05）和MetS z评分（p<0.01）方面有更大幅度的下降。瑜伽训练还改善了HRQoL的总体健康感知（p<0.01）、身体成分评分（p<0.01）和社会功能（p<0.01）领域评分。然而，两组之间在收缩压/舒张压或高密度脂蛋白胆固醇的平均变化方面未观察到显著差异（所有p>0.05）。MetS亚组之间在腰围和MetS z评分的干预效果上也没有显著差异（两者p>0.05）。
为期12周的哈他瑜伽干预可改善患有和未患有MetS的中国成年人的代谢风险状况和HRQoL。
澳大利亚新西兰临床试验注册中心ACTRN12613000816752。
