To asses stress, we employed the same tool as used in the

INTERHEART study.[20] Briefly, stress was defined as

feeling irritable, filled with anxiety, or as having sleeping
difficulties as a result of conditions at work (question 1) or at
home (question 2). We asked participants to report how often
they had felt stress, using the following response options: 1)
never; 2) some periods; 3) several periods; or 4) permanent
stress. An answer of 3) or 4) to either question was taken as
evidence of stress.
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people's lives; therefore the effect of stress on blood pressure is of
increasing relevance and importance. Although stress may not
directly cause hypertension, it can lead to repeated blood pressure
elevations, which eventually may lead to hypertension.
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buat diskusi
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dengan tekanan darah. Jago et al., (2006) tidak menemukan efek 4 minggu
Pilates yang signifikan terhadap tekanan sistolik dan diastolik pada
perempuan muda. Ali et al., (2010) tidak menemukan perubahan tekanan
sistolik dan diastolik yang signifikan pada penelitiannya tentang hubungan
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menemukan penurunan signifikan tekanan diastolik pada saat istirahat pada
pasien gagal jantung setelah melakukan Pilates 16 minggu. Marinda et al.
(2013) menyimpulkan bahwa terdapat penurunan yang signifikan pada
tekanan sistolik wanita usia 60 tahun. Penelitian Arslanoglu dan Senel (2013)
pada wanita sedentari usia pertengahan menunjukkan efek positif pada
tekanan sistolik setelah melakukan 8 minggu Pilates. Martins-Meneses et al.
(2015) pada wanita hipertensi yang mengonsumsi obat antihipertensi
menunjukkan perubahan yang signifikan pada tekanan darah sistolik dan
diastolik.