Table 1.
Participant demographics, by class.
|
Control n = 16* |
Self-paced-1 n = 6 |
Self-paced-2 n = 6* |
Guide-paced n = 10* |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average age (mean years ± SD) | 17.4 (±0.50) | 17.5 (±0.55) | 17.3 (±0.57) | 17.7 (±0.48) | 0.37 |
| Gender (% female) | 56% | 33% | 67% | 60% | 0.66 |
| Ethnicity (% non-Hispanic/White) | 94% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.70 |
| Mother/female guardian education level | 0.64 | ||||
| ≤high school | 0% | 0% | 17% | 10% | |
| Some college/college graduate | 56% | 67% | 33% | 60% | |
| Graduate degree | 44% | 33% | 50% | 30% | |
| Father/male guardian education level | 0.57 | ||||
| ≤ high school | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Some college/college graduate | 38% | 33% | 33% | 70% | |
| Graduate degree | 56% | 67% | 67% | 30% | |
| Receiving free/reduced-price lunch | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.70 |
| Diagnosed with asthma | 25% | 17% | 17% | 40% | 0.67 |
| Among those with asthma | |||||
| Had asthma attack in prior 12 months | 50% | 0% | 100% | 25% | 0.66 |
| Taking medication for asthma | 25% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 0.89 |
| Physically active ≥60 min 4+ days/week | 63% | 50% | 100% | 60% | 0.35 |
| Do yoga/other meditative practices | 31% | 33% | 33% | 40% | 0.98 |
| If yes | |||||
| New practice w/in prior 2 weeks | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.63 |
| Do practice 3+ days/week | 20% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0.11 |
| Smoke or vape | 0.01 | ||||
| Yes | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Don't know/prefer not to say | 0% | 33% | 0% | 0% |
Group comparisons were conducted with Pearson chi-square tests.
SD, standard deviation.
*
A total of 43 students consented to participate (control, 18; self-paced-1, 6; self-paced-2; 7; guided paced, 12), but not all completed the baseline survey, resulting in the class sample sizes shown here for group comparisons.