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Table 1 Sociodemographic profile of the 329 patients

From: Complementary and alternative medicine usage among cardiac patients: a descriptive study

Variable

n

%

SE (P)

Sex

   

 Male

207

62.9

2.67

 Female

121

36.8

2.66

Age (y)

   

 <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

   

 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

   

 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

   

 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

   

 Employed

62

18.8

2.15

 Unemployed

256

77.8

2.29

 Unknown

11

3.3

0.98

Religion

   

 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

  1. SE = standard error.
  2. Note: The denominators do not add up to 100% because of missing values and rounding off.