An explorative study of metabolic responses to mental stress and yoga practices in yoga practitioners, non-yoga practitioners and individuals with metabolic syndrome

Table 1 Demographic properties of the participants

Group	Gender	Age (yrs)	Weight (kg)	BMI
Yoga practitioners (YP) (n = 16)	F = 3	32 ± 10	62 ± 7	21.1 ± 1.6
Yoga practitioners (YP) (n = 16)	M = 12	32 ± 10	62 ± 7	21.1 ± 1.6
Non-Yoga practitioners (NY) (n = 15)	F = 5	30 ± 11	69 ± 12	24.9 ± 4.0
Non-Yoga practitioners (NY) (n = 15)	M = 10	30 ± 11	69 ± 12	24.9 ± 4.0
Metabolic syndrome (MS) (n = 15)	F = 3	41 ± 5	86 ± 9	31.5 ± 1.7
	M = 12

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