Table 1 Demographics.

From: Decoding meditation mechanisms underlying brain preservation and psycho-affective health in older expert meditators and older meditation-naive participants

Characteristics

Older meditation-naive controls

Older expert meditators

p-value

Sample size, N

135

25

-

Age, years

69.30 ± 3.8

70.29 ± 4.53

0.31

Education, years

13.15 ± 3.09

15.16 ± 3.46

0.01

Sex, N M/F (%)

52/83 (39/61)

16/9 (64/36)

0.03

MMSE

28.92 ± 1.04

29.04 ± 1.03

0.61

Formal practice (hours)

n.a

32,501 ± 31,121 (10,184–164,250)

 

Retreat practice (hours)

n.a

16,366 ± 32,262 (1,461–164,250)

 
  1. Abbreviations: MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination, n.a not available. Values are mean ± SD (range) unless otherwise stated.
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