Table 1.
Demographic data of the yoga-training group and the reference data of the control and long-term yoga groups
| Characteristics |
Yoga-training group |
Control group |
Long-term yoga group |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 24) | (n = 37) | (n = 38) | |
| Age[Mean(SD)] |
36.79 (6.43) |
34.43 (8.16) |
33.84 (7.33) |
| Range |
(25–46) |
(22–49) |
(22–49) |
| Ethnicity (%) |
|
|
|
| Japanese |
100 (n = 24) |
100 (n = 37) |
100 (n = 38) |
| Education (%) |
|
|
|
| Junior H.S. graduate |
0.0 (n = 0) |
0.0 (n = 0) |
2.6 (n = 1) |
| H.S. graduate |
37.5 (n = 9) |
24.3 (n = 9) |
23.7 (n = 9) |
| Junior college graduate |
41.7 (n = 10) |
37.8 (n = 14) |
42.1 (n = 16) |
| College graduate |
20.8 (n = 5) |
29.7 (n = 11) |
31.6 (n = 12) |
| Blank | 0.0 (n = 0) | 8.1 (n = 3) | 0.0 (n = 0) |
SD: standard deviation. H.S.: high school. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare the age and education levels among the yoga training, control, and long-term yoga groups.