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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of hypertensives using or not using complementary and alternative therapies

From: Frequency of complementary and alternative medicine utilization in hypertensive patients attending an urban tertiary care centre in Nigeria

Characteristics

Overall population n = 225 (% or SD)

CAM users n = 88 (% or SD)

CAM non-users n = 137 (% or SD)

Test statistic*

P value

Mean age, years (SD)

55.1 (12.4)

55.2 (10.5)

55.0 (13.5)

0.16

NS

Male/female

90/135

32/56

58/79

0.79

NS

BMI (kg/m2)

28.3 (5.5)

29.1 (5.6)

27.1 (5.9)

1.96

0.05

Initial systolic blood pressure mmHg

159.9 (25.4)

158.3 (24.8)

161.0 (25.8)

0.77

NS

Initial diastolic blood pressure mmHg

102.5 (17.4)

100.9 (15.6)

103.5 (18.4)

1.08

NS

Current systolic blood pressure mmHg

141.9 (23.4)

140.4 (22.1)

142.8 (24.3)

0.76

NS

Current diastolic blood pressure mmHg

89.2 (16.2)

87.7 (12.8)

90.1 (18.0)

1.07

NS

% compliant

148 (65.8)

57 (64.8%)

91 (66.4%)

0.06

NS

% Blood pressure controlled

89 (39.6)

35 (39.8%)

54 (39.4%)

0.00

NS

Duration of hypertension (years)

10.8 (8.5)

10.7 (8.7)

10.7 (8.4)

0.02

NS

Duration of clinic attendance (months)

79.5 (77.4)

73.6 (73.1)

83.4 (80.1)

0.78

NS

  1. * Statistical comparison of the CAM users and non-users. Test statistic derived from students T test comparing mean values, and Χ2 test comparing proportions.
  2. CAM complementary and alternative medicine