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        <journal-title>British Journal of Medical and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">BJMHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2394-2967</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5281/zenodo.7479349</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BJMHR0912001</article-id>
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        <article-title>Effects of prescribed low-intensity resistance exercise on prehypertension and other related factors in individuals living within Homa Bay Township, Western Kenya</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Moses</surname>
            <given-names>Eliakim Konje</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Magak</surname>
            <given-names>Gideon Ng&apos;wena</given-names>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ojiambo</surname>
            <given-names>Robert .</given-names>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Moses</surname>
            <given-names>Eliakim Konje</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff1">Kenya Medical Training College</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Supervisor/Co-author</aff>
      <aff id="aff3">Principal Researcher</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2022-12-01">
        <month>12</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2022</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
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        <p>Prehypertension is the precursor to hypertension. Itâ€™s anticipated that prehypertension will affect one-third of the population worldwide by 2025. For instance, Homa Bay County Hospital has reported increase of pre-hypertensive patients over the past 5 years. Thus, this study aimed to determine the effects of prescribed low-intensity resistance exercise on prehypertension and other related factors in individuals living within Homa Bay Township. A randomized controlled trial study design was employed on 34 (17 experimental and 17 controls) pre-hypertensive adults. Participants performed prescribed low-intensity resistance exercise for a period of 3 months. Blood pressure, biochemical, and anthropometric data were collected on pre, mid, and post-training. ANOVA with a within-subjects factor of time, and treatment type was used to determine the differences between the two groups. Except for BMI [F (1, 32) =8.06, p=0.008], the study found that the prescribed low-intensity resistance exercise did not affect other anthropometric measurement of pre-hypertensive individuals.  Prescribed low-intensity resistance exercises significantly, F (1, 32) =5.01, p=0.03, lowered the pre-hypertensive pressure in the experimental group to normotensive at post-study (from 127.59+5.01 to 115.88+6.06 mmHg systolic pressure) as compared to the control group (from 128.94+4.64 to 122.47+2.87 mmHg systolic pressure). Although lipid profiles and fasting blood glucose decreased in both experimental and control groups, the decline was more marked in the experimental group, suggesting that prescribed low-intensity exercise could decrease the variables. This study provides evidence that prescribed low-intensity resistance exercises prescription in prehypertension can prevent progression to hypertension.</p>
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