Frequency of Yoga Practice Predicts Health: Results of a National Survey of Yoga Practitioners

Table 2

Summary of results of final linear and logistic regression models predicting health outcomes from general patterns of yoga practice in combination with influential demographic predictors (𝑁=1045).

Health outcome	Parameter statistics
	Final predictors^a	B	SE	𝑡
Mindfulness	Practice frequency^b	.106	.014	7.53^**
	Years of practice	.039	.018	2.17^*
Subjective well-being	Practice frequency^b	.183	.034	5.31^**
	Gender^c	3.39	.915	3.72^**
BMI (𝑛=1034)	Practice frequency^b	−.043	.012	−3.26^**
	Gender^c	−2.013	.321	−6.28^**
Fruit and vegetables/Day (𝑛=1043)	Practice frequency^b	.031	.006	5.59^**
	Age	.013	.005	2.92^**
	Gender^c	−.583	.147	−3.97^**
Sleep disturbance	Practice frequency^b	−.052	.009	−5.58^**
Fatigue	Practice frequency^b	−.171	.042	−4.02^**
	Age	−.072	.011	−6.36^**
	Practice frequency^b x Age	.002	.001	2.91^**
				Wald/OR
Vegetarian status	Practice frequency^b	.056	.011	25.78^*/1.057^*

aEach final model includes all predictors included in the final model. Demographic covariates were included if they had at least a small (𝑟=.1) and significant (𝑃<.05) correlation with the health variable. No demographic covariate met these criteria that was not included in the final model. bDays per month of home yoga practice. ^cGender coded males “0,” females “1.” Abbreviations—B: unstandardized beta weight. SE: standard error. t: t score for linear regressions. x: interaction effect. Wald: Wald statistic for logistic regressions. OR: odds ratio. BMI: body mass index. Note: for all measures, higher scores indicate more of the concept measured. ^*𝑃<0.05 level (2-tailed). ^**𝑃<0.01 (2-tailed).