Table 1.

Effects of yoga on the STSS and TAS-20 scores

Group		Total				H				PH				CD
		Values	UPV	FPV	ES	Values	UPV	FPV	ES	Values	UPV	FPV	ES	Values	UPV	FPV	ES
Number Sex, m / f		305 30 / 275	0.064		0.13	64 11 / 53				111 7 / 104				130 12 / 118
Age, years		53.7 ± 15.0	< 0.001		0.10	53.6 ± 14.4				48.0 ± 14.6				58.6 ± 14.1
STSS, Total	Pre	59.2 ± 11.2	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.26	57.2 ± 10.9	0.032	0.043	0.12	59.4 ± 10.8	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.24	60.1 ± 11.6	0.001	0.003	0.19
	Post	56.2 ± 11.1				54.8 ± 10.2				55.9 ± 11.2				57.2 ± 11.3
DIB	Pre	22.9 ± 5.9	0.001	0.002	0.13	22.0 ± 6.2	0.027	0.042	0.28	22.4 ± 5.9	0.033	0.043	0.20	23.7 ± 5.7	0.095	0.117	0.15
	Post	21.9 ± 5.9				20.7 ± 5.7				21.5 ± 6.1				23.0 ± 5.8
OA	Pre	17.4 ± 5.2	0.003	0.006	0.17	17.1 ± 4.6	0.661	0.661	0.03	17.7 ± 4.8	0.001	0.003	0.18	17.2 ± 5.8	0.214	0.228	0.07
	Post	16.7 ± 5.6				16.8 ± 4.6				16.3 ± 5.1				17.0 ± 6.1
LHM	Pre	18.9 ± 4.5	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.27	18.0 ± 4.1	0.159	0.181	0.08	19.3 ± 4.5	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.21	19.1 ± 4.8	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.22
	Post	17.8 ± 4.8				17.9 ± 6.9				18.1 ± 4.3				17.4 ± 3.9
TAS-20, Total	Pre	50.5 ± 9.5	0.596	0.810	0.03	49.3 ± 8.1	0.700	0.810	0.02	50.2 ± 10.0	0.708	0.810	0.02	51.4 ± 9.7	0.382	0.744	0.05
	Post	49.9 ± 8.2				48.8 ± 7.9				50.1 ± 8.2				50.4 ± 8.2
DIF	Pre	16.5 ± 5.2	0.026	0.422	0.05	15.2 ± 4.0	0.421	0.744	0.05	16.7 ± 5.0	0.325	0.743	0.06	17.0 ± 5.7	0.057	0.427	0.11
	Post	15.9 ± 4.8				14.8 ± 4.1				16.4 ± 5.2				16.1 ± 4.7
DDF	Pre	14.4 ± 3.4	0.230	0.612	0.04	13.9 ± 3.0	0.848	0.848	0.01	14.4 ± 3.0	0.465	0.744	0.04	14.7 ± 3.8	0.217	0.612	0.07
	Post	14.1 ± 3.2				14.0 ± 3.2				14.0 ± 3.3				14.3 ± 3.2
EOT	Pre	19.6 ± 4.0	0.215	0.612	0.06	20.2 ± 3.7	0.828	0.848	0.01	19.6 ± 4.7	0.080	0.427	0.10	19.7 ± 3.5	0.678	0.810	0.02
	Post	19.8 ± 3.7				20.0 ± 3.4				19.6 ± 4.2				19.9 ± 3.4

CD Chronic disease, DDF Difficulty in describing feelings, DIB Difficulty in identifying bodily feelings, DIF Difficulty in identifying feelings, EOT Externally-oriented thinking, ES Effect size between Pre and Post (Wilcoxon r/ Cramer’s V/ Eta squared η.²), f Female, FPV False discovery rate–adjusted p values for multiple comparisons (Pre vs Post, Wilcoxon signed rank test), H Healthy, LHM Lack of health management based on bodily feelings, m Male, OA Overadaptation, PH Poor health, Post After practicing yoga for 3 months, Pre Before starting to practice yoga, STSS The Shitsu-taikan-sho Scale, TAS-20 The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, UPV Unadjusted p values