Complementary and alternative medicine in the management of hypertension in an urban Nigerian community

Table 4 Use of CAM and other beliefs about hypertension

Belief about hypertension	Response	% Those using CAM (N = 128)	% Those not using CAM (N = 312)	P*	P for Yes vs. "other"
Hypertension is preventable	Yes	59.4	69.6	0.057	0.040**
	No	7.0	3.2
	Don't know	33.6	27.2`
Hypertension is curable	Yes	75.0	72.4	0.218	0.581
	No	9.4	6.1
	Don't know	15.6	21.5
Hypertension is serious	Yes	89.8	92.0	0.606	0.467
	No	3.9	2.2
	Don't know	6.3	5.8
Hypertension can lead to complications	Yes	88.3	90.4	0.631	0.508
	No	0.8	1.3
	Don't know	10.9	8.3
Hypertension can be inherited or runs in families	Yes	19.5	17.6	0.279	0.638
	No	45.3	53.5
	Don't know	35.2	28.9
Has family history of hypertension	Yes	22.7	14.1	0.042**	0.028**
	No	68.0	79.2
	Don't know	9.4	6.7

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