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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Res Nurs. 2014 Jan 30;16(4):438–447. doi: 10.1177/1099800413519495

Table 2.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Breast Cancer (MBSR[BC]) Practice Subtypes: Practice Hours and Correlation With Telomerase Activity (TA) While Controlling for Baseline TA.

Practice type Practice hours median Practice hours 25th percentile Practice hours 75th percentile % of Participants not practicing Partial correlation with TA (12 weeks) p
Sitting meditation 12.75 5.22 23.83 2.7 0.18 .138
Walking meditation 3.25 .81 12.44 12.2 −0.11 .364
Body scan 5.48 2.40 11.17 8.1 0.24 .049
Yoga 3.42 .24 10.25 23.3 0.09 .481
Formal practice 33.11 14.03 55.65 2.7 0.18 .154
Informal practice 30.55 17.03 55.98 4.1 0.20 .106
All practice 44.25 22.92 75.57 2.7 0.21 .097

Note. N = 74.