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

Table 2 Scores of Profile of Mood States (POMS) in the control and long-term yoga groups

Variable	Control group	Long-term yoga group
Profile of Mood States (POMS)
Total mood disturbance score	34.11 ± 31.46	18.03 ± 31.54 *
Tension-Anxiety	9.86 ± 6.01	6.95 ± 5.84 *
Depression	9.81 ± 8.52	7.89 ± 9.46
Anger-Hostility	10.08 ± 7.40	6.29 ± 6.97 **
Vigor	12.16 ± 5.59	15.00 ± 6.57
Fatigue	8.65 ± 5.94	5.47 ± 5.31 **
Confusion	7.86 ± 4.73	6.42 ± 4.68

Results are presented as the means ± standard deviation (SD). *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01

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