Table 6.
Odds Ratios with 95% confidence intervals in final models predicting beliefs that yoga practice improves health (N = 1045)
Predictor | Belief: “Yoga improves….” | |||||||
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Sleep (n =1027) | Energy | Health | Diet | Weight (n =1012) | Alcohol intake | Relationships | Happiness | |
Age | 0.98*** (0.96, 0.99) | 0.98** (0.97, 0.99) | ||||||
Gendera | 1.28 (0.88, 1.88) | |||||||
Raceb | 0.65* (0.43, 0.98) | |||||||
Employmentc | 1.84** (1.18, 2.86) | 1.50* (1.09, 2.05) | ||||||
Marital Statusd | 0.52*** (0.38, 0.72) | |||||||
Educatione | 0.74 (0.48, 1.13) | 0.81 (0.45, 1.44) | 1.03 (0.69, 1.53) | 0.89 (0.58, 1.38) | 1.67* (1.01, 2.75) | |||
Chronic Health Conditionf | 1.03 (0.78, 1.35) | 1.16 (0.82, 1.64) | 1.46 (0.98, 2.20) | 1.16 (0.89, 1.52) | 1.33* (1.02, 1.73) | 1.26 (0.92, 1.73) | 1.32* (1.00, 1.74) | 1.22 (0.85, 1.75) |
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Yoga Practice Predictors | ||||||||
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Years of Practice | 1.01 (.99, 1.03) | 1.01 (0.99, 1.04) | 1.01 (0.98, 1.04) | 1.04*** (1.02, 1.06) | 1.04*** (1.02, 1.06) | 1.04*** (1.02, 1.06) | 1.05*** (1.03, 1.07) | 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) |
Practice Frequencyg | 1.03*** (1.01, 1.05) | 1.04*** (1.02, 1.62) | 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) | 1.04*** (1.03, 1.06) | 1.03*** (1.01, 1.04) | 1.05*** (1.04, 1.06) | 1.04*** (1.02, 1.06) | 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) |
Class Frequencyh | 1.05*** (1.02, 1.08) | 1.06** (1.02, 1.10) | 1.08** (1.03, 1.14) | 1.06*** (1.03, 1.09) | 1.05*** (1.02, 1.08) | 1.04* (1.01, 1.07) | 1.10*** (1.06, 1.13) | 1.11*** (1.06, 1.17) |
= coded females ‘0’, males ‘1’.
= coded ‘0’ = non-white, ‘1’ = white.
coded ‘0’ = not currently employed, ‘1’ = employed full or part time.
coded ‘0’ = not married or living with a partner, ‘1’ = married or living with a partner.
‘0’ = education less than college graduate, ‘1’ = college graduate or higher.
= ‘0’ = no chronic or serious health condition reported, ‘1’ = one or more chronic or serious health conditions reported.
= days per month of yoga home practice.
= days per month of yoga classes.
p ≤ .05,
p ≤ .01,
p ≤ .001