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Table 2 Profile of surveyed population using medicinal plants

From: Chemical profile and in vivo hypoglycemic effects of Syzygium jambos, Costus speciosus and Tapeinochilos ananassae plant extracts used as diabetes adjuvants in Puerto Rico

Indicator/Variable

Results

Use of herbal remedies for diabetes

10/118 families (8.5 %)

Median age of women

51.1 years ± 16.7 years

Education and marital status

70 % college education and married

Employment status

50 % employed

Frequency of reported treatments

55 % once/surveyed population