Table 4.

Multiple linear regression for the ΔTAS-20 scores of all subjects. N=305 (independent variables: age, sex, ΔDIB, ΔOA, and ΔLHM)

Independent variables	Dependent variables (ΔTAS-20)
	ΔTotal	ΔDIF	ΔDDF	ΔEOT
Mean ± SD	0.58 ± 7.72	0.61 ± 4.23	0.26 ± 3.14	-0.23 ± 3.52
Model summary (r2)	0.100	0.139	0.049	0.018
F value	6.640	9.639	3.111	1.094
Durbin-Watson	2.092	2.096	2.087	2.033
Cook’s distance	0.060	0.078	0.090	0.136
p value	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.009	0.364
Constant	-1.991	0.261	-0.838	-1.550
Age	(mean ± SD: 53.69 ± 15.05; VIF: 1.020)
r	0.024	-0.033	0.007	0.090
B	-0.055	-0.005	-0.023	0.022
p value	0.093	0.724	0.195	0.101
Sex	(male/female: 30/275; VIF: 1.010)
r	0.009	0.004	0.031	-0.006
B	0.449	0.113	0.085	0.014
p value	0.753	0.883	0.922	0.984
ΔDIB	(mean ± SD: 0.93 ± 4.83; VIF: 1.158)
r	0.285***	0.342***	0.211**	0.027
B	0.407	0.270	0.128	0.017
p value	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001	0.710
ΔOA	(mean ± SD: 0.69 ± 4.57; VIF: 1.166)
r	0.157**	0.189***	0.105	-0.003
B	0.094	0.059	0.021	-0.010
p value	0.350	0.272	0.622	0.838
ΔLHM	(mean ± SD: 1.16 ± 4.62; VIF: 1.017)
r	0.146**	0.161**	0.070	0.091
B	0.019	0.116	0.034	0.074
p value	0.030	0.020	0.379	0.095
ΔSTSS total r	0. 311***	0. 364***	0. 213**	0. 058

Δ: differences between scores before and after 3 months of yoga practice; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 for correlation coefficients (r) with the Pearson’s correlation, DDF Difficulty in describing feelings, DIB Difficulty in identifying bodily feelings, DIF Difficulty in identifying feelings, EOT Externally-oriented thinking, LHM Lack of health management based on bodily feelings, OA Overadaptation, p value Multiple linear regression with the enter method, SD Standard deviation, STSS The Shitsu-taikan-sho Scale, TAS-20 The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, VIF Variance inflation factor