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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Complement Ther Med. 2013 May 2;21(4):313–323. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.04.001

Table 6.

Odds Ratios with 95% confidence intervals in final models predicting beliefs that yoga practice improves health (N = 1045)

Predictor Belief: “Yoga improves….”
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)

Yoga Practice Predictors

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)
a

= coded females ‘0’, males ‘1’.

b

= coded ‘0’ = non-white, ‘1’ = white.

c

coded ‘0’ = not currently employed, ‘1’ = employed full or part time.

d

coded ‘0’ = not married or living with a partner, ‘1’ = married or living with a partner.

e

‘0’ = education less than college graduate, ‘1’ = college graduate or higher.

f

= ‘0’ = no chronic or serious health condition reported, ‘1’ = one or more chronic or serious health conditions reported.

g

= days per month of yoga home practice.

h

= days per month of yoga classes.

*

p ≤ .05,

**

p ≤ .01,

***

p ≤ .001