Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
| All | Women’s Health and Yoga Study (WHYES) |
Diabetes and Yoga Study (DAYS) |
P Value* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 42 | 30 | 12 | |
| Age | 0.291 | |||
| M (SD) | 59.1 (7.1) | 58.2 (6.1) | 61.3 (9.0) | |
| Range | 50 –76 | 50 –76 | 52 – 73 | |
| Gender | 0.001 | |||
| Female | 38 (90.5%) | 30 | 8 (66.7%) | |
| Male | 4 (9.5%) | 0 | 4 (33.3%) | |
| Currently Married | 25 (59.5%) | 17 (56.7%) | 8 (66.7%) | 0.551 |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.909 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 32 (76.2%) | 23 (76.7%) | 9 (75%) | |
| Racial/Ethnic Minority | 10 (23.8%) | 7 (23.3%) | 3 (25%) | |
| Education | 0.505 | |||
| <4 years of college | 11(26.2%) | 7 (23.3%) | 4 (33.3%) | |
| >=4 years of college | 31 (73.8%) | 23 (76.7%) | 8 (66.7%) | |
| Currently Employed | 26 (61.9%) | 21(70%) | 5 (41.7%) | 0.088 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 0.555 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 32.8 (8.4) | 33.3 (8.7) | 31.6 (7.9) | |
| Median | 30.1 | 31.0 | 30.0 | |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) | 0.989 | |||
| M (SD) | 131 (21) | 131 (21) | 131 (21) | |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) | 0.608 | |||
| M (SD) | 75 (10) | 75 (11) | 73 (9) | |
| Hemoglobin A1c (%) | 0.017 | |||
| M (SD) | 6.0 (0.7) | 5.8 (0.4) | 6.6 (1.0) | |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 0.009 | |||
| M (SD) | 108.6 (28.7) | 98.5 (15.1) | 134.0 (38.4) | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.005 | |||
| M (SD) | 202.3 (48.5) | 215.2 (45.2) | 170.1 (42.5) | |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.571 | |||
| M (SD) | 55.0 (13.0) | 55.7 (13.5) | 53.2 (12.0) | |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.006 | |||
| M (SD) | 126.9 (41.5) | 137.8 (39.5) | 99.7 (34.0) | |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 0.384 | |||
| M (SD) | 121 (75.9) | 127.5 (84.7) | 104.7 (45.9) | |
| History of Depression | 9 (21.4%) | 6 (20%) | 3 (25%) | 0.618 |
| History of Anxiety | 4 (9.5%) | 3 (10%) | 1 (8.3%) | 0.931 |
| Former Smoker | 10 (23.8%) | 8 (26.7%) | 2 (16.7%) | 0.706 |
*
To assess differences in continuous variables, independent t-tests were used. For categorical variables, Χ2 analyses were used.