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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study pharmacists who used versus never used vitamins, minerals, herbals, and other dietary supplements

From: How do pharmacists use and recommend vitamins, minerals, herbals and other dietary supplements?

Characteristic

Used Vitamins/Minerals N (%)

Never Used Vitamins /Minerals N (%)

p value

Used Herbals/other dietary supplements N (%)

Never Used Herbals/other dietary supplements N (%)

p value

Gender

n = 498

n = 26

0.031

n = 268

n = 260

0.039

Male

193 (39

16 (62)

96 (36)

116 (45)

Female

305 (61)

10 (38)

172 (64)

144 (55)

Age, years

n = 490

n = 26

0.943

n = 263

n = 258

< 0.001

< 25

11 (2)

1 (4)

6 (2)

6 (2)

25–34

125 (26)

5 (19)

50 (19)

80 (31)

35–44

109 (22)

6 (23)

53 (20)

62 (24)

≥45

245 (50)

14 (54)

154 (59)

110 (43)

Type of practice setting

n = 492

n = 26

0.934

n = 268

n = 258

0.521

Community

207 (42)

10 (38)

115 (43)

106 (41)

Institutional

139 (28)

7 (27)

71 (26)

76 (29)

Academic

24 (5)

1 (4)

10 (4)

15 (6)

Other

122 (25)

8 (31)

72 (27)

61 (24)

Location of practice setting

n = 495

n = 26

0.938

n = 267

n = 260

0.660

Rural

56 (11)

3 (12)

32 (12)

28 (11)

Non-rural

439 (89)

23 (88)

235 (88)

232 (89)

  1. A total of 639 respondents completed the survey, however they were not required to answer all questions thus the numbers in Table 1 do not always equal the total sample size. p values indicate differences between those who have used and those who have never used vitamins/minerals, and those who have used and those who have never used herbals/other dietary supplements