Table 1 Demographics of the study population
From: Complementary and alternative medicine use amongst patients with cardiovascular disease in Singapore
Overall (n = 768) | CAM user (n = 333) | CAM non-user (n = 435) | P-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | ||||
Age | 56.8 (12.6) | 56.8 (10.9) | 56.7 (13.7) | 0.963 |
Gender | 0.442 | |||
Male | 562 (73.2 %) | 239 (71.8 %) | 323 (74.3 %) | |
Female | 206 (26.8 %) | 94 (28.2 %) | 112 (25.7 %) | |
Ethnicity | 0.010 | |||
Chinese | 569 (74.1 %) | 264 (79.3 %) | 305 (70.1 %) | |
Malay | 43 (5.6 %) | 10 (3.0 %) | 33 (7.6 %) | |
Indian | 107 (13.9 %) | 39 (11.7 %) | 68 (15.6 %) | |
Others | 49 (6.4 %) | 20 (6.0 %) | 29 (6.7 %) | |
Education | 0.485 | |||
≤ Secondary/ITE | 243 (32.1 %) | 112 (34.1 %) | 131 (30.5 %) | |
Polytechnic diploma/A Level | 235 (31.0 %) | 102 (31.1 %) | 133 (31.0 %) | |
Degree/Post-graduate | 279 (36.9 %) | 114 (34.8 %) | 165 (38.5 %) | |
Occupation | 0.750 | |||
White collar | 315 (51.6 %) | 134 (53.4 %) | 181 (50.4 %) | |
Blue collar | 101 (16.6 %) | 41 (16.3 %) | 60 (16.7 %) | |
Unemployed/homemaker | 194 (31.8 %) | 76 (30.3 %) | 118 (32.9 %) | |
Housing | 0.672 | |||
≤ 3 room public apartment | 74 (10.4 %) | 35 (11.5 %) | 39 (9.6 %) | |
4-5 room public apartment | 350 (49.2 %) | 146 (47.9 %) | 204 (50.2 %) | |
Private property | 287 (40.4 %) | 124 (40.7 %) | 163 (40.1 %) | |
Smoking | 0.112 | |||
No | 522 (71.7 %) | 217 (68.7 %) | 305 (74.0 %) | |
Ever smoker | 206 (28.3 %) | 99 (31.3 %) | 107 (26.0 %) | |
Alcohol | 0.933 | |||
No | 337 (46.0 %) | 144 (45.9 %) | 193 (46.2 %) | |
Ever drinker | 395 (54.0 %) | 170 (54.1 %) | 225 (53.8 %) | |
Clinical Characteristics | ||||
BMI | 25.7 (5.2) | 25.7 (5.3) | 25.7 (5.2) | 0.899 |
Systolic Blood Pressure | 131.4 (17.6) | 132.2 (18.2) | 130.8 (17.2) | 0.284 |
Diastolic Blood Pressure | 70.9 (9.8) | 71.4 (10.0) | 70.4 (9.7) | 0.157 |
Diabetes mellitus | 168 (21.9 %) | 69 (20.7 %) | 99 (22.8 %) | 0.498 |
Hypertension | 374 (48.7 %) | 165 (49.5 %) | 209 (48.0 %) | 0.680 |
Hyperlipidemia | 489 (61.4 %) | 214 (64.3 %) | 275 (63.2 %) | 0.765 |
HbA1C (%)b | 6.3 (1.4) | 6.3 (1.4) | 6.4 (1.3) | 0.588 |
LDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)c | 2.7 (1.0) | 2.7 (1.0) | 2.7 (1.0) | 0.488 |