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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of CAM users and nonusers

From: Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis in Trinidad: A descriptive study

 

CAM use status, n(%)

 

Variable

No CAM

CAM

P-value

Sex

 Male

41 (50.0)

9 (47.4)

0.836

 Female

41 (50.0)

10 (52.6)

0.836

Age (y)

  < 20

1 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

0.314

 21–30

4 (4.9)

1 (5.3)

0.946

 31–40

7 (8.5)

5 (26.3)

0.092

 41–50

22 (26.8)

5(26.3)

0.946

 51–60

21 (25.6)

7 (36.8)

0.352

  > 60

27 (32.9)

1 (5.36)

≤0.001

Marital status

 Single

16 (19.5)

2 (10.5)

0.278

 Married

38 (46.3)

14 (73.7)

0.017

 Widowed

13 (15.9)

2 (10.5)

0.511

 Divorced

9 (11.0)

0 (0.0)

≤ 0.001

 Common law

6 (7.3)

1 (5.3)

0.727

Ethnicity

 Afro-Trinidadian

26 (31.7)

4 (21.1)

0.318

 Indo-Trinidadian

49 (59.8)

14 (73.7)

0.224

 Other

7 (8.5)

1 (5.3)

0.584

Employment status

 Unemployed

70 (85.4)

15 (78.9)

0.572

 Employed

12 (14.6)

4 (21.1)

0.527

Monthly income (TT$)

 2501–5000

2 (2.4)

0 (0.0)

0.152

 5001–10,000

1 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

0.314

 No response

79 (96.3)

19 (100.0)

0.078

  1. CAM complementary and alternative medicine, TT$ Trinidad and Tobago dollars