Complementary and alternative medicine in the management of hypertension in an urban Nigerian community

Table 3 Beliefs about cause of hypertension by use of CAM

Perceived Cause	Response	% Those using CAM (N = 128)	% Those not using CAM (N = 312)	P*	P for Yes vs. "other"
Being born with HTN	Yes	17.2	9.9	0.066	0.034
	No	67.2	68.9
	Don't know	15.6	21.2
Being fat	Yes	20.3	23.4	0.168	0.482
	No	63.3	53.9
	Don't know	16.4	22.8
Stress	Yes	92.2	93.3	0.197	0.687
	No	6.3	3.2
	Don't know	1.6	3.5
Eating too much salt	Yes	18.0	17.6	0.004**	0.932
	No	64.1	49.4
	Don't know	18.0	33.0
Anxiety	Yes	94.5	94.6	0.997	0.993
	No	2.3	2.2
	Don't know	3.1	3.2
Unhappiness	Yes	89.1	90.1	0.478	0.753
	No	6.3	3.9
	Don't know	4.7	6.1
Pregnancy	Yes	14.1	19.9	0.346	0.151
	No	41.4	39.7
	Don't know	44.5	40.4
Supernatural causes	Yes	21.1	10.6	0.013**	0.004
	No	45.3	49.4
	Don't know	33.6	40.1
Bad luck	Yes	15.6	12.2	0.466	0.332
	No	50.8	49.0
	Don't know	33.6	38.8

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