Table 4.
Telomere length for patients at baseline and after follow up in the mindfulness and treatment as usual groups (n = 181)
Baseline | Follow up | Difference | ||||
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Variables | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | P-valuea |
All | 0.77 (0.12) | 177 | 0.77 (0.12) | 177 | −0.005 (0.06) | 0.30 |
Mindfulness | 0.76 (0.11) | 88 | 0.77 (0.12) | 88 | −0.007 (0.05) | 0.21 |
Treatment as usual | 0.78 (0.14) | 89 | 0.78 (0.13) | 89 | −0.002 (0.06) | 0.79 |
aDifference tested by paired t-test