Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

	RR	MBSR	statistical test value	p	Se	Cohen’s d
Sample size	22	28
Age	42.1 ± 11.5	35.3 ± 9.3	t=−2.17	0.04	2.44	−0.65
(neuroimaging sub-cohort)	39.9 ± 10.3	37.5 ± 9.1	t=−0.71	0.48	1.68	−0.25
Sex	M 7, F 15	M 10, F 17	χ(1)=0.70	0.62
Education (years)	16.7 ± 1.4	16.6 ± 2.2	t=−0.21	0.83	0.31	−0.05
Home practice (formal)	805.6 ± 410.5	754.0 ± 354.2	t=−0.45	0.65	89.58	−0.19
Number of classes attended	6.7 ± 1.6	5.9 ± 1.8	t=−1.66	0.10	0.35	−0.47
Holmes-Rahe	3.09 ± 2.4 (pre)	3.3 ± 2.9 (pre)	t=−0.27	0.79	0.51	−0.08
	3.1 ± 3.4 (post)	3.6 ± 3.4 (post)	t=0.59	0.56	0.54	0.14