Yoga Effects on Cardiometabolic Health in Overweight Adults: Meta-Analysis Data

Widya Wasityastuti's systematic review data extraction form contains meta-analysis results from 30 randomized controlled trials involving 2,689 participants. The dataset, last updated in April 2026, analyzes the effects of yoga on outcomes like blood pressure, lipids, glucose, redox, and inflammation in adults with overweight or obesity. The data supports findings that yoga likely has beneficial effects on systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Use Cases

• Conducting secondary meta-analysis on yoga's effect on systolic and diastolic blood pressure based on reported outcome changes.
• Analyzing subgroup effects like ethnic differences and dose-response relationships mentioned in the description.
• Assessing risk of bias and evidence quality across clinical trials using the Risk of Bias 2 and GRADEpro tools referenced.
• Investigating the relationship between yoga interventions and lipid profile changes based on the reported LDL and HDL cholesterol effects.

Strengths

• Includes data from 30 randomized controlled trials, a substantial evidence base.
• Meta-analysis covers 2,313 participants for key cardiometabolic outcomes.
• Risk of bias and evidence quality were formally assessed using standardized tools (Risk of Bias 2, GRADEpro).
• Results include specific quantitative effect sizes, such as a -4.35 mmHg change in systolic blood pressure.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes that evidence for effects on glucose, redox, and inflammation parameters remains uncertain.

Provenance

Source

Widya Wasityastuti via figshare.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials from seven major electronic databases and two clinical trial databases.

Time Range

Literature searched from database inception to November 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 17:25:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Studies likely involve global populations, though subgroup analyses noted ethnic differences and a need for more research in non-Asian populations.