Table 1.
Participant Baseline Characteristicsa
| Overall (N = 75) | Yoga group (N = 38) | Film group (N = 37) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 60 | 80.0 | 29 | 76.3 | 31 | 83.8 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 12 | 16.0 | 6 | 15.8 | 6 | 16.2 |
| Other | 2 | 2.7 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Not reported | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than 4 years college | 20 | 26.7 | 10 | 26.3 | 10 | 27.0 |
| 4 or more years college | 55 | 73.3 | 28 | 73.7 | 27 | 73.0 |
| Employment | ||||||
| Full time | 35 | 46.7 | 19 | 50.0 | 16 | 43.2 |
| Part time | 17 | 22.7 | 6 | 15.8 | 11 | 29.7 |
| Retired/homemaker/unemployed | 23 | 30.7 | 13 | 34.2 | 10 | 27.0 |
| Martial status | ||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 34 | 45.3 | 20 | 52.6 | 14 | 37.8 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 28 | 37.3 | 15 | 39.5 | 13 | 35.1 |
| Single, never married | 12 | 16.0 | 3 | 7.9 | 9 | 24.3 |
| Not reported | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Ever smoked | 21 | 28.0 | 10 | 26.3 | 11 | 29.7 |
| History of hypertension | 23 | 30.7 | 14 | 36.8 | 9 | 24.3 |
| Prediabetes (fasting glucose >100 mg/dL) | 31 | 41.3 | 14 | 36.8 | 17 | 45.9 |
| Age in years (mean ± SE) | 58.8 ± 0.8 | 58.3 ± 1.0 | 59.2 ± 1.2 | |||
| Body mass index (mean ± SE) | 32.0 ± 0.8 | 32.8 ± 1.5 | 31.1 ± 1.0 | |||
a
No significant differences between yoga and educational film control groups (p > 0.1).
SE, standard error.