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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2017 Oct 12;14(12):905–912. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0608

Table 1.

Total Project EAT-IV sample (n = 1830): Young adults (%) practicing yoga by weight status and sociodemographic characteristicsa,b

Ever done yoga Regular yoga practice (≥30 minutes in past year)

N Total sample
%
BMI<25
%
BMI≥25
%
Total sample
%
BMI<25
%
BMI≥25
%
Total sample 1830 42.4 51.7 37.2 13.1 18.7 10.1

Gender
 Women 1036 56.4 66.5 48.9 20.5 27.2 16.4
 Men 787 29.1 34.2 27.4 6.1 8.8 4.8
p-value <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

Ethnicity/Race
White 1241 50.3 61.3 43.6 15.6 22.9 11
African American 154 36.1 40.9 33.3 8.4 15.4 6.4
Hispanic 63 34.2 35.8 33.3 14 15.7 13.2
Asian American 268 32.9 40.9 28.3 11.5 12.6 10.7
Mixed/Other 90 39 44 36.6 13.9 17.9 12.6
p-value <0.01 <0.01 0.04 0.10 0.32 0.47

Educational Attainment
High School or less 415 26.9 28.1 26.3 8 10.7 7
Vocational 197 29.4 33.3 27.7 11.3 17.1 9
Associate Degree 249 37.1 45 34.5 8.8 6.5 9.7
Bachelors 654 56.3 63.2 52 18.2 24.4 13.9
Advanced Degree 305 66.3 75.3 55.4 20.4 27.3 13.6
p-value <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.07

Household Income
<$20k 133 33.1 39 32 11.6 9.9 13.7
$20K–$34.9K 230 32 40.2 25.5 10 17.9 5.9
$35K–$49.9K 289 41 48.1 38.5 13.2 14.8 12.7
$50K–$74.9K 402 44.5 53.5 38.8 12.2 17.8 9.3
$75K–$99.9K 310 40 49.2 35.6 11.5 18.3 7.8
>$100K 435 57.6 66 51.3 19.8 27.2 13.8
p-value <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.02 0.06 0.13
a

Regular yoga practice defined as ≥30 minutes/week in past year

b

N is observed count of people in each category while % is weighted to account for attrition over time and allow for extrapolation to the original population-based sample.