Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:36 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:36 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01667835
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* 40- 65 years old
* Postmenopausal (amenorrhea for ≥ 12 months)
* Overweight as evidenced by a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2), or waist circumference ≥ 80 cm, or have a first degree relative with diabetes or essential hypertension
* Sedentary, do not do a regular exercise program (exercising for 20 minutes at sufficient intensity to produce sweating less than 2x/week)
* Self-identify as a South Asian (sometimes referred to as East Indian in Canada and may be defined "as any person who reports an ethnicity associated with the southern part of Asia or who self-identifies as part of the South Asian visible minority group. This definition encompasses people from a great diversity of ethnic backgrounds, including those with Bangladeshi, Bengali, East Indian, Goan, Gujarati, Hindu, Ismaili, Kashmiri, Nepali, Pakistani, Punjabi, Sikh, Sinhalese, South Asian, Sri Lankan and Tamil ancestry. South Asians may have been born in Canada, on the Indian sub-continent, in the Caribbean, in Africa, in Great Britain or elsewhere
* Given consent to research protocol and willingness to be randomized to either the treatment (yoga) or control (no yoga) group.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Have had a period within the last year
* Are not between the ages of 40 and 65
* Have experience with yoga within the last 12 months
* Have any serious disease or condition such as diabetes, serious high blood pressure or heart problems, kidney disease, severe asthma, cancer (except for skin cancer that is not melanoma)
* Have a major brain or nervous system diagnosis, such as Parkinson's disease or stroke
* Have a severe infectious or other medical illness right now such as pneumonia
* Use medications to lower blood sugar levels
* Have serious back, hip, or neck problems or pain in joints or bones that would prevent the safe completion of a gentle 12 week Hatha yoga program
* Regularly use an assistive device (e.g., cane, walker) to walk
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
FEMALE
Minimum Age:
40 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT01667835
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01667835