Table 1.
Characteristics | Yoga users (n = 1593) %* | Non-yoga users (n = 29948) %* | Prevalence of yoga use by characteristic % |
---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||
Age (years)† | |||
Less than 30 | 26 | 22 | 6.1 |
30 to 39 | 27 | 19 | 6.9 |
40 to 49 | 23 | 21 | 5.4 |
50 to 64 | 20 | 21 | 4.7 |
65 or greater | 4 | 17 | 1.2 |
Gender† | |||
Male | 24 | 49 | 2.5 |
Female | 76 | 51 | 7.4 |
Race† | |||
White | 84 | 80 | 5.3 |
African American | 6 | 12 | 2.5 |
Other | 10 | 8 | 12.5 |
Income† | |||
≤$19,999 | 12 | 21 | 3.0 |
$20,000–34,999 | 15 | 20 | 3.8 |
$35,000–64,999 | 25 | 27 | 4.7 |
≥$65,000 | 48 | 32 | 7.3 |
Region† | |||
West | 26 | 19 | 6.8 |
Midwest | 27 | 38 | 3.7 |
South | 24 | 24 | 5.0 |
Northeast | 23 | 19 | 6.0 |
Education† | |||
Less than college | 50 | 77 | 3.4 |
College | 50 | 23 | 10.5 |
Insurance† | |||
Insured | 88 | 84 | 5.3 |
Uninsured | 12 | 16 | 3.9 |
Health behaviors | |||
Smoking† | |||
Non-smoking | 83 | 78 | 5.4 |
Smoking | 17 | 22 | 3.9 |
Alcohol† | |||
Abstainers | 18 | 37 | 2.5 |
Light | 56 | 41 | 6.8 |
Moderate | 18 | 14 | 6.4 |
Heavy | 8 | 8 | 7.0 |
Health status† | |||
Excellent, very good, or good | |||
good, or good | 95 | 87 | 5.5 |
Fair or poor | 5 | 13 | 1.9 |
BMI (kg/m2) † | |||
<18.5‡ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
18.5 -24.9 | 55 | 37 | 7.5 |
25–29.9 | 29 | 34 | 4.4 |
≥30 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 |
Medical conditions | |||
Severe sprain† | 13 | 8 | 8.2 |
Asthma† | 14 | 10 | 6.7 |
Mental health† | 20 | 16 | 6.3 |
Musculoskeletal† | 55 | 48 | 5.7 |
Neurologic† | 3 | 5 | 3.5 |
COPD† | 4 | 6 | 3.3 |
Cardiovascular † | 7 | 11 | 3.1 |
Hypertension† | 13 | 25 | 2.7 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
* Percents are weighted to reflect national estimates
†p ≤ .005 for differences between yoga and non-yoga users
‡ Due to small numbers, BMI scores < 18.5 not reported