Table 1.
Group comparisons of matching variables and other potential confounders.
| Controls | Yoga practitioners | Meditators | ANOVA/χ2-test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M/% | SD | M/% | SD | M/% | SD | F/χ2 | df | p | |
| Age (years) | 52.93 | 9.84 | 49.38 | 7.79 | 54.06 | 8.15 | 1.29 | 2, 44 | 0.286 |
| Education (years) | 17.27 | 1.98 | 17.31 | 2.41 | 18.44 | 2.58 | 1.26 | 2, 44 | 0.293 |
| AMNART VIQ | 120.73 | 7.65 | 123.27 | 4.67 | 125.60 | 4.70 | 2.34a | 2, 27 | 0.115 |
| Exercise (h/week) | 4.79 | 4.53 | 6.98 | 5.57 | 6.48 | 4.16 | 0.72 | 2, 36 | 0.496 |
| Read/Write/Play (h/week) | 23.75 | 8.89 | 21.07 | 15.76 | 13.27 | 11.41 | 2.13 | 2, 34 | 0.134 |
| Gender (% female) | 60% | 69% | 63% | 0.28 | 2 | 0.871 | |||
| Handedness (% right) | 87% | 88% | 88% | 0.01 | 2 | 0.997 | |||
| Race (% white) | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||
a
Welch test. AMNART, American National Reading Test.