Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the group.

	Meditators Mean (SD)	Controls Mean (SD)	t(df = 44)	p-value*
Volunteers N°	23	23
Age (years)	46.5 (11.4)	46.9 (10.9)	-0.13	0.89
Age range (years)	20.3–63.1	21.3–63.3
Education degree, 0 to 6	3.78 (1.2)	4.04 (1.36)	0.69	0.50
Height (cm)	167.0 (8.8)	167.2 (7.6)	0.09	0.93
Weight (Kg)	69.5 (14.6)	71.7 (14.5)	0.53	0.60
Body mass index	24.9 (4.5)	25.5 (3.9)	0.54	0.60

* p-values represent group differences between meditators and controls using two-tailed independent samples t-tests.