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Table 2 ATM and CAM use by gender, racial group, age and home language, 2014

From: Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use by HIV patients a decade after public sector antiretroviral therapy roll out in South Africa: a cross sectional study

Variable

Total sample (N = 1748)

ATM use prior to ART (n = 382)

ATM use post ART (n = 142)

Chi-square P-valuea

CAM use post ART (n = 37)

P-value b

Gender

 Male

458

130

46

0.000

8

0.791

 Female

1290

252

96

0.000

29

Racial group

 Black

1685

377

139

0.000 c

35

0.920

 Coloured

39

3

2

0.000 d

1

 Indian

17

1

1

0.000

1

 White

4

1

0

0.000

0.

Age (years)

 18–19

29

5

1

0.029

0

0.373

 20–25

74

17

5

0.000

1

 26–30

179

39

13

0.000

6

 31–35

337

74

23

0.000

6

 36–40

374

70

28

0.000

10

 41–45

305

78

33

0.000

4

 46–50

187

46

18

0.000

3

 51–55

132

20

4

0.000

5

 56–60

77

22

11

0.000

0

 61–65

30

9

4

0.001

2

 ≥66

15

2

2

0.000

0

Marital status

 Single

1324

285

106

0.000

27

0.018

 Married

319

67

26

0.000

6

 Divorced

21

3

1

0.012

0

 Living with partner

59

26

9

0.001

4

 Widow

19

1

0

NA

0

Home language

 Zulu

1537

336

125

0.000

34

0.000

 Other African languages

77

6

4

0.000

1

 Xhosa and other South African languages

70

18

4

0.000

1

 English

57

21

9

0.000

0

 Afrikaans

2

0

0

NA

0

 Urdhu

1

1

0

NA

1

  1. ART antiretroviral therapy, ATM African traditional medicine, NA not applicable
  2. Legend: a: Cross tabulations and Chi-square tests were performed; b Non-parametric tests were performed; c Pearson Chi-square, dFisher’s Exact