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Table 2 Independent predictors of yoga use for the patient’s primarymedical complaint

From: Predictors of yoga use among internal medicine patients

Predictor variable

P

Adjusted odds ratio

95% confidence interval

Age 50-64

0.025

1.45

1.05-2.01

Female gender

<0.001

2.45

1.45-4.02

Education: College graduate

0.007

1.61

1.14-2.27

Current smoker

0.031

0.61

0.39-0.96

Threshold anxiety

0.020

1.47

1.06-2.04

Internal health locus of control

<0.001

1.92

1.38-2.67

External-fatalistic health locus of control

0.014

0.66

0.47-0.92