From: Complementary and alternative medicine usage among cardiac patients: a descriptive study
Variable | n | % | SE (P) |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 207 | 62.9 | 2.67 |
 Female | 121 | 36.8 | 2.66 |
Age (y) | Â | Â | Â |
 <40 | 11 | 3.3 | 0.98 |
 41–50 | 58 | 17.6 | 2.10 |
 51–60 | 72 | 22.8 | 2.31 |
 >60 | 158 | 56.2 | 2.74 |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â |
 Single | 14 | 4.3 | 1.12 |
 Married | 264 | 8.2 | 1.51 |
 Other | 16 | 4.8 | 1.18 |
Unknown | 12 | 3.6 | 1.03 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â |
 Afro-Trinidadian | 80 | 24.3 | 2.36 |
 Indo-Trinidadian | 238 | 72.3 | 2.47 |
 Other (including mixed race) | 11 | 3.3 | 0.98 |
Highest level of education | Â | Â | Â |
 Primary | 213 | 64.7 | 2.63 |
 Secondary | 103 | 31.2 | 2.56 |
 Other | 2 | 0.6 | 0.43 |
Unknown | 6 | 1.8 | 0.73 |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â |
 Employed | 62 | 18.8 | 2.15 |
 Unemployed | 256 | 77.8 | 2.29 |
 Unknown | 11 | 3.3 | 0.98 |
Religion | Â | Â | Â |
 Hindu | 180 | 54.7 | 2.74 |
 Islam | 27 | 8.2 | 1.51 |
 Christian | 75 | 22.8 | 2.31 |
 Other | 39 | 11.9 | 1.79 |
 Unknown | 8 | 2.4 | 0.84 |