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Table 4 Relationship between the demographic characteristics and CAM use status of the respondents

From: High prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among patients with sickle cell disease in a tertiary hospital in Lagos, South West, Nigeria

Characteristic

CAM user

CAM non-user

P value

Gender

 Male

81(46.82%)

6(26.08%)

0.056

 Female

96(55.49%)

17(73.91%)

 

Ethnicity

 Hausa

8(4.62%)

13(56.52%)

<0.001a

 Igbo

53(30.63%)

3(13.04%)

 

 Yoruba

113(65.31%)

7(30.43%)

 

 Others (Edo)

3(1.73%)

0(0%)

 

Religion

 Christian

112(64.73%)

4(17.39%)

<0.001a

 Muslim

65(37.57%)

19(82.60)

 

Level of education

 No formal education

7(4.04%)

-

0.500

 Secondary and below

147(84.97%)

18(78.26%)

 

 Above secondary

23(13.29%)

5(21.73%)

 

Haemglobinopathy

 HbSS

156(90.17%)

22(95.65%)

0.245

 HbSC

21(12.13%)

1(4.34%)

 

Type of crises

 Aplastic

9(50.54%)

1(4.34%)

0.684

 Haemolytic

13(7.34%)

3(13.04%)

 

 Priapism

4(2.25%)

-

 

 Stroke

7(3.95%)

-

 

 Vaso-occlusive bone pain

144(81.35%)

19(82.60%)

 
  1. a = Statistic significance