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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Body Image. 2017 Dec 27;24:69–75. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.12.003

Table 3.

Associations between yoga practice (≥30 minutes/week) and body satisfaction at EAT-IV by level of body satisfaction at EAT-IIIa (n = 1649)

Model 1b Model 2c

Body Satisfaction
at EAT-IV
Confidence
Interval
p-value Body Satisfaction
at EAT-IV
Confidence
Interval
p-value

Low body satisfaction at EAT-III (n = 430):
  Yoga Practice
    Yes (n = 62) 36.7 34.8, 38.6 38.3 36.2, 40.4
    No (n = 368) 32.0 30.8, 33.2 34.2 33.0, 35.4
    Differenced 4.7 2.5, 6.9 < .01 4.1 1.8, 6.4 < .01

High body satisfaction at EAT-III (n = 1219):
  Yoga Practice
    Yes (n = 206) 45.1 43.6, 46.6 43.7 42.3, 45.2
    No (n = 1013) 44.0 43.2, 44.8 43.2 42.5, 44.0
    Differenced 1.1 −0.6, 2.8 .20 0.5 −1.1, 2.1 .53
a

Participants were categorized by level of body satisfaction at EAT-III: low (body satisfaction:12–33) and high (body satisfaction: 34–65)

b

Model 1 adjusts for sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, ethnicity/race, educational level, and household income)

c

Model 2 adjusts for body mass index (BMI) at EAT-III and sociodemographic characteristics

d

Difference in mean body satisfaction between those who practice yoga and those who do not practice yoga