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Table 1 Demographic of the control and long-term yoga groups

From: Profile of mood states and stress-related biochemical indices in long-term yoga practitioners

Characteristics

Control group (n = 37)

Long-term yoga group (n = 38)

Statistic

p-value

Age [Mean (standard deviation)]

34.43 (8.16)

33.84 (7.33)

t = 0.330

0.743

   Range

(22-49)

(22-49)

  

Race (%)

    

   Asian

100 (n = 37)

100 (n = 38)

  

Education (%)

  

χ² = 0.958

0.812

   Junior H.S. graduate

0.0 (n = 0)

2.6 (n = 1)

  

   H.S. graduate

24.3 (n = 9)

23.7 (n = 9)

  

   Junior college graduate

37.8 (n = 14)

42.1 (n = 16)

  

   College graduate

29.7 (n = 11)

31.6 (n = 12)

  

   Blank

8.1 (n = 3)

0.0 (n = 0)

  
  1. The unpaired t-test and Pearson's chi-square test were used to compare the age and education levels between the long-term yoga group and control group, respectively.