Table 1 |
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Relationship between respondent characteristics and the prevalence of CAM use |
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Variable (n = 402) |
Used CAM N (%) |
Has not used CAM N (%) |
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Gender (n = 402) |
Male |
103 (56%) |
81 (44%) |
X2 = 6.53, 1 df, p = 0.01 |
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Female |
149 (68%) |
69 (32%) |
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Age (n = 401) |
20-39 |
42 (63%) |
25 (37%) |
X2 = 3.18, 2 df, p = 0.20 |
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40-59 |
161 (66%) |
84 (34%) |
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60 and above |
49 (55%) |
40 (45%) |
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Ethnicity (n = 402) |
Arab |
232 (62%) |
143 (38%) |
X2 = 1.61, 1 df, p = 0.21 |
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Non-Arab |
20 (74%) |
7 (26%) |
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Age finished full-time education (n = 395) |
Illiterate |
25 (54%) |
21 (46%) |
X2 = 4.83, 4 df, p = 0.31 |
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Less than 13 years |
28 (65%) |
15 (35%) |
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13-18 |
91 (69%) |
41 (31%) |
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19-25 |
86 (63%) |
51 (37%) |
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Over 25 years |
20 (54%) |
17 (46%) |
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Length of time with diabetes (n = 400) |
≤4 years |
48 (49%) |
50 (51%) |
X2 = 11.86, 3 df, p = 0.008 |
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5-9 years |
66 (72%) |
26 (28%) |
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10-15 years |
69 (64%) |
39 (36%) |
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≥16 years |
68 (67%) |
34 (33%) |
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Treatment of Diabetes (n = 402) |
Diet Only |
7 (70%) |
3 (30%) |
X2 = 3.04, 3 df, p = 0.39 |
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Diet & Tablets |
140 (59%) |
96 (41%) |
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Diet & Insulin |
49 (65%) |
26 (35%) |
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Diet, Tablets & Insulin |
36 (59%) |
25 (41%) |
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Complication of diabetes (n = 402) |
Present |
130 (73%) |
49 (27%) |
X2 = 13.63, 1 df, p = 0.0002 |
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Absent |
122 (55%) |
101 (45%) |
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Regular blood glucose monitoring (n = 402) |
Yes |
141 (63%) |
83 (37%) |
X2 = 0.02, 1 df p = 0.90 |
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No |
111 (62%) |
67 (38%) |
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Khalaf and Whitford BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2010 10:35 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-35 |
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