Table 1.
Participant demographic information
| Participant number | Sex (M/F) | Age at year 1 (years) | Meditation experience (years) | Buddhist affiliation | Monastic/lay | Nationality | Ethnicity | Lost to follow-up | No. of MI-NDEs per year (mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 62 | 35 | Theravadan | M | Sri Lankan | Asian | n | 3 |
| 2 | M | 43 | 25 | Theravadan | M | Sri Lankan | Asian | n | 2 |
| 3 | M | 56 | 18 | Vajrayana (Tibetan) | L | British | White | n | 4 |
| 4 | F | 54 | 39 | Theravadan/Mahayana | M | Thai | Asian | n | 5 |
| 5 | M | 46 | 18 | Mahayana/Vajrayana (Tibetan) | L | Nepalese | Asian | y | 1 |
| 6 | M | 63 | 25 | Vajrayana (Japanese) | M | Japanese | Asian | n | 3 |
| 7 | M | 39 | 15 | Thera/Maha/Vajra (Tibetan) | M | British | White | n | 5 |
| 8 | M | 48 | 18 | Mahayana/Vajrayana (Tibetan) | M | Indian | Asian | n | 4 |
| 9 | M | 59 | 51 | Thera/Maha/Vajra (Tibetan) | L | Italian | White | n | 2 |
| 10 | M | 66 | 36 | Vajrayana (Tibetan) | L | Tibetan | Asian | y | 3 |
| 11 | F | 54 | 24 | Theravadan/Mahayana | M | Sri Lankan | Asian | n | 3 |
| 12 | M | 60 | 33 | Theravadan | M | Sri Lankan | Asian | n | 1 |