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Table 3 Effect of some sociodemographic factors on potential drug-herb interactions

From: Evaluation of potential drug- herb interactions among a group of Palestinian patients with chronic diseases

 

Potential Interaction

No interaction

P- value

Gender

  

0.027a

Male

30 (58.8 %)

77 (41.4 %)

Female

21 (41.2 %)

109 (58.6 %)

Mean age (Years)

53.1 ± 13.3

46.1 ± 13.8

0.001b

Mean no. of medications

2.1 ± 1.1

1.4 ± 0.8

<0.001b

Mean no. of diseases

1.6 ± 0.8

1.2 ± 0.4

<0.001b

  1. a: Chi-square test
  2. b: Independent samples t-test