The use of herbal and dietary supplement among community-dwelling elderly in a suburban town of Malaysia

Table 2 Underlying medical conditions among respondents

Underlying medical condition ^a	HDS user n = 154	Non HDS user n = 182	P^a	Total n = 336
Hypertension	42 (27.3)	22 (12.1)	< 0.001	64 (19)
Diabetes mellitus	11 (7.1)	32 (17.6)	0.004	43 (12.8)
Hypercholesterolemia	12 (7.8)	9 (4.9)	0.283	21 (6.3)
Osteoarthritis	10 (6.5)	0 (0.0)	< 0.001^b	10 (3)
Peptic ulcer disease	0 (0.0)	10 (5.5)	0.002^b	10 (3)
Eczema	0 (0.0)	7 (3.8)	0.017^b	7 (2.1)
Sinusitis	7 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0.004^b	7 (2.1)
Asthma	1 (0.6)	4 (2.2)	0.380^b	5 (1.5)
Tonsillitis	5 (3.2)	0 (0.0)	0.020^b	5 (1.5)
Anemia	0 (0.0)	4 (2.2)	0.128^b	4 (1.2)
Scoliosis	3 (1.6)	0 (0.0)	0.253^b	3 (0.9)
Carpal tunnel syndrome	0 (0.0)	2 (1.1)	0.502	2 (0.6)
Gout	0 (0.0)	2 (1.1)	0.502^b	2 (0.6)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)	1.000^b	1 (0.3)
Dermatitis	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)	1.000^b	1 (0.3)

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