However, from month three, the meditation group showed significantly more reductions in blood pressure.
To illustrate, at month three, the meditation group saw a reduction of -8.0 in blood pressure readings whereas the walking group saw a reduction of -1.9.
By month six, the meditation group had a reduction of -10.0 while the walking group had a reduction of -0.7.
Then, by month 12, this trend continued, with the meditation group showing a reduction of blood pressure readings by -11.6.
