Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with hypertension (HTN) and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by CAM use
Variables | All (n = 345) | HTN (n = 311) | T2DM (n = 130) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Used CAM 247 (79.4) | Did not use CAM 64 (20.6) | p-value† | Used CAM 85 (65.4) | Did not use CAM 45 (34.6) | p-value† | ||
Age (years) | 0.116 | 0.052 | |||||
18–49 | 85 (24.9) | 64 (26.1) | 9 (14.3) | 17 (20.2) | 7 (15.6) | ||
50–59 | 80 (23.5) | 55 (22.5) | 14 (22.2) | 25 (29.8) | 6 (13.3) | ||
≥ 60 | 176 (51.6) | 126 (51.4) | 40 (63.5) | 42 (50.0) | 32 (71.1) | ||
Sex | 0.063 | 0.526 | |||||
Male | 81 (23.5) | 50 (20.3) | 20 (31.3) | 22 (25.9) | 14 (31.1) | ||
Female | 263 (76.5) | 196 (79.7) | 44 (68.8) | 63 (74.1) | 31 (68.9) | ||
Parish | 0.678 | 0.626 | |||||
Hanover | 21 (6.1) | 14 (5.7) | 5 (7.8) | 3 (3.5) | 1 (2.2) | ||
St. James | 188 (54.5) | 140 (56.7) | 32 (50.0) | 39 (45.9) | 25 (55.6) | ||
Westmoreland | 109 (31.6) | 74 (30.0) | 23 (35.9) | 35 (41.2) | 17 (37.8) | ||
Trelawny | 27 (7.8) | 19 (7.7) | 4 (6.3) | 8 (9.4) | 2 (4.4) | ||
Marital status | 0.895 | 0.199 | |||||
Never married | 152 (44.0) | 105 (42.5) | 26 (40.6) | 43 (50.6) | 18 (40.0) | ||
Married/common law | 132 (38.3) | 98 (39.7) | 25 (39.1) | 28 (32.9) | 22 (48.9) | ||
Divorced/Widowed | 61 (17.7) | 44 (17.8) | 13 (20.3) | 14 (16.5) | 5 (11.1) | ||
Education | 0.763 | 0.842 | |||||
Primary or less | 165 (48.0) | 121 (49.0) | 30 (46.9) | 39 (45.9) | 21 (47.7) | ||
Some or completed Secondary/College/University | 179 (52.0) | 126 (51.0) | 34 (53.1) | 46 (54.1) | 23 (52.3) | ||
Religious affiliation | 0.663 | 0.427 | |||||
Catholic/Protestant Christian | 235 (68.1) | 167 (67.6) | 41 (64.1) | 64 (75.3) | 29 (64.4) | ||
Adventist | 72 (20.9) | 55 (22.3) | 14 (21.9) | 13 (15.3) | 10 (22.2) | ||
Muslim/Jehovah Witness/ | 38 (11.0) | 25 (10.1) | 9 (14.1) | 8 (9.4) | 6 (13.3) | ||
Occupation | 0.458 | 0.762 | |||||
Unskilled | 269 (78.0) | 190 (76.9) | 52 (81.3) | 70 (82.4) | 38 (84.4) | ||
Professional/Skilled/ Clerical/Other | 76 (22.0) | 57 (23.1) | 12 (18.8) | 15 (17.7) | 7 (15.6) | ||
Income | 0.454 | 0.347 | |||||
No Income | 190 (55.1) | 130 (52.6) | 39 (60.9) | 53 (62.4) | 33 (73.3) | ||
< J$24,800 | 94 (27.3) | 71 (28.7) | 14 (21.9) | 20 (23.5) | 9 (20.0) | ||
≥ J$24,801 | 61 (17.7) | 46 (18.6) | 11 (17.2) | 12 (14.1) | 3 (6.7) | ||
Have children | 319 (92.7) | 226 (91.9) | 63 (98.4) | 0.063 | 75 (88.2) | 42 (93.3) | 0.357 |
Number of adults in household | 0.068 | ||||||
1 | 79 (23.1) | 51 (20.8) | 16 (25.4) | 0.561 | 27 (31.8) | 15 (34.1) | |
2–3 | 172 (50.3) | 125 (51.0) | 33 (52.4) | 36 (42.4) | 25 (56.8) | ||
≥ 4 | 91 (26.6) | 69 (28.2) | 14 (22.2) | 22 (25.9) | 4 (9.1) | ||
Number of children in household | 0.318 | 0.801 | |||||
≤ 1 | 263 (77.1) | 183 (75.3) | 52 (81.3) | 72 (84.7) | 38 (86.4) | ||
≥ 2 | 78 (22.9) | 60 (24.7) | 12 (18.8) | 13 (15.3) | 6 (13.6) | ||
Time of diagnosis | 0.358 | 0.259 | |||||
< 10 years ago | 150 (48.9) | 122 (50.2) | 28 (43.8) | 38 (45.2) | 24 (55.8) | ||
≥ 10 years ago | 157 (51.1) | 121 (49.8) | 36 (56.2) | 46 (54.8) | 19 (44.2) | ||