Table 1 Demographics and baseline clinical characteristics
From: Yoga is effective for treating chronic pain in veterans with Gulf War Illness at long-term follow-up
Characteristics | All Participants | CBT | Yoga | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n / mean | % / SD | n / mean | % / SD | n / mean | % / SD | |
N | 75 | - | 36 | - | 39 | - |
Age | 53.0 | 7.1 | 52.0 | 6.8 | 53.8 | 7.2 |
Male | 57 | 76% | 26 | 72% | 31 | 79% |
Race | ||||||
 Caucasian | 36 | 48% | 20 | 56% | 16 | 41% |
 African-American | 11 | 15% | 4 | 11% | 7 | 18% |
 Other | 10 | 13% | 5 | 13% | 5 | 13% |
 Asian American | 9 | 12% | 3 | 8% | 6 | 15% |
 Native American | 6 | 8% | 3 | 8% | s3 | 8% |
Hispanic ethnicity | 15 | 24% | 7 | 23% | 8 | 25% |
BMI | 31.6 | 5.6 | 31.3 | 5.5 | 31.8 | 5.7 |
Married | 36 | 48% | 14 | 40% | 22 | 58% |
Education (years) | 15.0 | 2.2 | 15.1 | 2.2 | 14.8 | 2.3 |
Employed | 30 | 42% | 14 | 40% | 16 | 43% |
Disableda | 28 | 38% | 14 | 37% | 14 | 38% |
McGill Short Form | ||||||
 Sensory pain | 15.0 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 7.5 | 15.7 | 6.9 |
 Affective pain | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
 Pain right nowb | 5.2 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
GWI Symptomsc | ||||||
 Fatigue (y/n) | 43 | 57% | 19 | 54% | 24 | 62% |
 Cognitive (# of sx)d | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
 Any cognitive sx (y/n) | 56 | 75% | 25 | 71% | 31 | 79% |
POMS | 26.8 | 29.9 | 19.6 | 23.6 | 33.1 | 33.5 |
Prior yoga practice (y/n) | 19 | 25% | 11 | 31% | 8 | 21% |