Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the participants
| Characteristics | Details |
|---|---|
| Sample | |
| Number of participants | 47 |
| Gender | Males |
| Age | |
| Age range (years) | 18–46 |
| Group mean age±SD (years) | 26.34±6.38 |
| Height (cm) | |
| Group mean age±SD | 166.94±6.20 |
| Weight (kg) | |
| Group mean age±SD | 58.95±6.87 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |
| Group mean±SD | 21.16±2.22 |
| Education in years (n) | |
| 10–12 years of education | 27 |
| 15 years of education | 12 |
| 17 years of education | 8 |
| Yoga experience | |
| Group average yoga experience±SD (months) | 43.64±32.84 |
| Yoga experience range (months) | 6–144 |
| Time spent in practicing yoga in a day (min) | |
| Group mean±SD | 98.19±44.24 |
| Marital status | |
| Unmarried (n) | 47 |
| Health status | |
| Presence of any disease (n) | 0 |
| Taking any medication (n) | 0 |
| Diet | |
| Lacto-vegetarians | 47 |
| Sleep quality | |
| Self-rating of sleep quality on a 10 cm analog scale | 8.80±0.79 |
| Duration of sleep (min) | 338.44±4.22 |
| Duration of physical activity/day (min) | |
| Physical activity in a day (min) | 48.04±58.18 |
| Physical activity in a day range (min) | 8–244 |
| Tobacco and alcohol | |
| Consumption of tobacco including smoking (n) | 0 |
| Consumption of alcohol (n) | 0 |
SD: Standard deviation, BMI: Body mass index