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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Jul 21;57(9):1569–1579. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02391.x

Table 3.

Unadjusted Treatment Arm Differences in Mean Within-Subject Change in Anthropometrics and Measured Physical Performance – Intent-to-Treat Analyses (N=105) *

Median within-subject change (25th – 75th percentile)

Anthropometric and
Physical Performance
Outcomes
Yoga intervention
group (N=55)
Control intervention group
(N=50)
p-value

Primary Outcomes:
Debrunner kyphometer angle:
  Absolute change (degrees) −3.00 (−4.67, 0.67) −1.33 (−6.67, 2.00) 0.443
  % change −5.17 (−8.38, 0.93) −2.10 (−11.24, 2.67) 0.437
Height:
  Absolute change (cm) 0.30 (−0.17, 0.80) 0.03 (−0.50, 0.43) 0.057
  % change 0.19 (−0.11, 0.48) 0.02 (−0.30, 0.26) 0.054
Chair stand:
  Absolute change (seconds) −1.41 (−3.19, −0.27) −0.80 (−2.80, 0.70) 0.246
  % change −10.11 (−20.63, −1.85) −5.66 (−16.33, 6.19) 0.138
Functional reach:
  Absolute change (cm) −0.66 (−3.88, 2.71) −1.48 (−4.81, 2.04) 0.476
  % change −2.23 (−12.44, 9.31) −3.75 (−11.92, 5.24) 0.472
50-foot walk: §
  Absolute change (m/sec) −0.02 (−0.09, 0.08) −0.01 (−0.09, 0.07) 0.760
  % change −1.65 (−6.44, 5.91) −0.83 (−5.37, 5.38) 0.897
Secondary outcomes:
Kyphosis index:
  Absolute change −0.006 (−0.015, 0.002) 0.003 (−0.006, 0.008) 0.004
  % change −3.64 (−8.98, 1.34) 1.71 (−3.41, 4.65) 0.004
Flexicurve angle:
  Absolute change (degrees) −0.93 (−3.30, 1.04) 0.82 (−1.03, 2.06) 0.005
  % Change −2.25 (−8.09, 3.25) 2.16 (−3.04, 6.08) 0.006
RBS blocks: §
  Absolute change (number) 0.00 (−0.33, 0.33) 0.00 (−0.83, 0.33) 0.408
  % Change 0.00 (−13.33, 12.50) 0.00 (−25.00, 11.11) 0.160
*

N=105 because 13 participants did not have follow-up visit

Comparison of treatment arms using Wilcoxon rank-sum test

Missing for 3 yoga group participants

§

Missing for 1 control group participant

Missing for 1 yoga group participant