Research Article

Functional Improvements in Parkinson’s Disease Following a Randomized Trial of Yoga

Table 1

Demographics.

Yoga
(N=15)
WLC
(N=12)
Total

Age (Mean (SD))65.53 (6.09)70.5 (4.44)67.74 (5.89)

Gender (% (N))
 Male66.67% (10)58.33% (7)62.96% (17)
 Female33.33% (5)41.67% (5)37.04% (10)

Marital Status (% (n))
 Married86.67% (13)91.67% (11)88.89% (24)
 Widowed0% (0)8.33% (1)3.70% (1)
 Divorced or separated13.34% (2)0% (0)3.70% (2)

Race (% (n))
 White100% (15)100% (12)100% (27)

Education (% (n))
 High school or less6.67% (1)0% (1)3.70% (2)
 College60% (9)25% (7)18.52% (16)
 Post-graduate33.34% (5)8.33% (4)7.41% (9)

Overall Health (% (n))
 Excellent or very good66.67% (10)0% (4)3.70% (14)
 Good6.67% (1)16.67% (2)11.11% (3)
 Fair or poor26.67% (4)41.67% (6)33.33% (10)