Table 2 Participant characteristics and demographics in total, and within each group (Bikram yoga and HIIT)
|  | Total (N = 32) | Bikram (n = 17) | HIIT (n = 15) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | Range | M | SD | Range | M | SD | Range | |
Age (years) | 30.2 | 8 | 21–47 | 31.1 | 7.4 | 21–45 | 29.2 | 8.9 | 21–47 |
Height (cm) | 167.8 | 6.3 | 156–181 | 166.5 | 4.4 | 160–174 | 169.2 | 7.8 | 156–181 |
Weight (kg) | 75.8 | 15.4 | 48–105 | 75.9 | 13.7 | 53–105 | 75.7 | 17.6 | 48–103 |
BMI | 26.9 | 5.4 | 19.1–37.2 | 27.4 | 5.0 | 19.7–37.2 | 26.4 | 5.9 | 19.1–37.2 |
Waist | 84.6 | 14.1 | 64–112 | 86.4 | 12.8 | 69–112 | 82.6 | 15.5 | 64–106 |
Hip | 106.5 | 10.8 | 89–127 | 106.7 | 9.9 | 90–124 | 106.3 | 12.0 | 89–127 |
Waist: Hip ratio | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6–1.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6–1.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6–0.9 |
Average number of classes attended per week | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0–2.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1–2.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0–2.25 |
Highest level of education, n % | |||||||||
 No formal education | 0 | na | 0 | na | 0 | na | |||
 Year 10 or equivalent | 0 | na | 0 | na | 0 | na | |||
 Tear 12 or equivalent | 6 | 18.8 | 2 | 11.8 | 4 | 26.7 | |||
 Trade/Apprenticeship | 1 | 3.1 | 1 | 5.9 |  |  | |||
 Certificate/Diploma | 5 | 15.6 | 3 | 17.6 | 2 | 13.3 | |||
 University Degree | 9 | 28.1 | 4 | 23.5 | 5 | 33.3 | |||
 Higher University Degree | 11 | 34.4 | 7 | 41.2 | 4 | 26.7 | |||
Trauma history, number and % of participants reporting an event (still impacting their life in the last 12 months) | |||||||||
 Physical trauma events (only) | 6 | 18.8 | 4 | 23.5 | 2 | 13.3 | |||
 Psychological trauma events (only) | 29 | 90.1 | 16 | 94.1 | 13 | 86.7 | |||
 Events with a combined physical and psychological impact | 18 | 56.3 | 9 | 52.9 | 9 | 60.0 | |||
Total number of times a trauma event was reported as still impacting lives in the last 12 months (LSC-R-tot) and the range of the number of events per participant | |||||||||
| Â | LSC-R-tot | Range | LSC-R-tot | Range | LSC-R-tot | Range | |||
 Physical trauma events (only) | 7 | 1–2 | 6 | 1–2 | 1 | 1–1 | |||
 Psychological trauma events (only) | 94 | 1–9 | 52 | 1–8 | 42 | 1–9 | |||
 Events with a combined physical and psychological impact | 57 | 1–11 | 27 | 1–8 | 30 | 1–11 | |||