Table 3 Predictors associated independently with acute and chronic adverse effects. Only those categories of predictors are shown that were significantly associated with acute or chronic adverse effects

Acute adverse effects

Chronic illness

1.78 (1.37–2.31)

Primary yoga style

 Asthanga Yoga

1.43 (0.92–2.25)

 (Traditional) Hatha Yoga

1.09 (0.68–1.75)

 Iyengar Yoga

1.49 (0.88–2.51)

 Kundalini Yoga

0.60 (0.35–1.04)

 Krishnamacharya Tradition / Viniyoga

0.54 (0.30–0.99)

 Power Yoga

1.88 (0.99–3.56)

 Sivananda Yoga / Yoga Vidya

1.06 (0.69–1.62)

 Other

Reference

Home practice (self-study)

1.75 (1.31–2.33)

Weekly practice frequency: meditation

 First quartile

Reference

 Second quartile

0.92 (0.64–1.32)

 Third quartile

0.60 (0.40–0.92)

 Fourth quartile

1.01 (0.66–1.54)

Weekly practice frequency: philosophy

 First quartile

Reference

 Second quartile

1.27 (0.87–1.86)

 Third quartile

1.31 (0.87–1.97)

 Fourth quartile

2.00 (1.32–3.03)

Chronic adverse effects

Chronic illness

1.44 (1.02–2.02)

Home practice (self-study)

1.72 (1.20–2.47)