Research Article
Characterizing Herbal Medicine Use for Noncommunicable Diseases in Urban South Africa
Table 3
Reported diagnosed conditions and traditional herbal medicines (THMs) use.
| Variable | THM use | value | Yes (%) | No (%) |
| High blood pressure/hypertension | | | | Yes | 66 (53.2) | 157 (47.3) | 0.29 | No | 58 (46.8) | 175 (52.7) | Diabetes | | | | Yes | 20 (16.1) | 62 (18.7) | 0.59 | No | 104 (83.9) | 270 (81.3) | Rheumatoid arthritis | | | | Yes | 21 (16.9) | 32 (9.6) | <0.05 | No | 103 (83.1) | 300 (90.4) | Cardiovascular disease | | | | Yes | 2 (1.6) | 4 (1.2) | 0.67 | No | 122 (98.4) | 328 (98.8) | Heart diseases | | | | Yes | 3 (2.4) | 6 (1.8) | 0.71 | No | 1221 (97.6) | 326 (98.2) | Depression | | | | Yes | 4 (3.2) | 14 (4.2) | 0.80 | No | 120 (96.8) | 318 (95.8) | Hypercholesterolemia | | | | Yes | 2 (1.6) | 10 (3.0) | 0.53 | No | 122 (98.4) | 322 (97.0) | Asthma | | | | Yes | 4 (3.2) | 13 (3.9) | 1.00 | No | 120 (96.8) | 319 (96.1) |
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