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Therefore, integrating cardiometabolic biomarkers into caregiving research provides a more comprehensive assessment of an individual\u2019s health and response to an intervention. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of a yoga-based stress reduction intervention on stress, psychological outcomes, and cardiometabolic biomarkers in cancer caregivers. This prospective randomized controlled trial enrolled family caregivers of adult patients who underwent an allogeneic HSCT at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center. All subjects received usual care education. Participants in the intervention group received an Iyengar yoga intervention self-administered over six weeks using an audio recording file. The primary outcome was perceived stress (measured using the NIH toolbox Perceived Stress). The secondary outcomes were psychological factors (depression and anxiety measured using PROMIS<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>Depression and Anxiety), and cardiometabolic biomarkers measured by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. A total of 50 family caregivers (mean [SD] age, 44.9 [15.2] years; 42 [84.0%] women) were randomized, 25 to the intervention group and 25 to the control group. No group differences were noted in stress, depression, and anxiety. Significant interaction effects between group and time were found in large TRL-P (<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>(1,43) = 10.16,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.003) and LP-IR (<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>(1,42) = 4.28,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.045). Post-hoc analyses revealed that the levels of large TRL-P (mean difference = 1.68, CI = [0.86, 2.51],<jats:italic>p&lt;<\/jats:italic>.001) and LP-IR (mean difference = 5.67, CI = [1.15, 10.18],<jats:italic>p =<\/jats:italic>0.015) significantly increased over time in the control group but while remained stable in the intervention group (mean difference = -0.15, CI = [-0.96, 0.66],<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.718; mean difference = -0.81, CI = [-5.22, 3.61],<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.714, respectively). Even when perceptions of psychological distress remain unchanged, incorporating gentle yoga poses and breathing exercises may reduce the risk of cardiometabolic disease in caregivers by inhibiting the development of insulin resistance. 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