Comparison of changes of outcome variables between the yoga group and the control group (N = 173).

Pre baseline; Post post-intervention; Post-Pre change from baseline to post-intervention; η2 eta-squared; WC waist circumference; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure; FBG fasting blood glucose; TG triglyceride; HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MetS Metabolic syndrome.The effect size in ANOVA as represented by value of partial eta squared (η2): very small († Log 10 reverse-transformation was applied to reduce the skewness of negatively skewed outcome variable.‡ Adjusted for role emotional domain at baseline.*p **p ***p Comparison of changes of outcome variables between the yoga group and the control group (N = 173).