Traditional Therapies Used to Manage Diabetes and Related Complications in Mauritius: A Comparative Ethnoreligious Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Hindu</td><td class="align_center">Muslim</td><td class="align_center">Christian</td><td class="align_center">Buddhist</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hindu</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">95.8</td><td class="align_center">94.1</td><td class="align_center">63.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Muslim</td><td class="align_center">95.8</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">90.2</td><td class="align_center">66.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Christian</td><td class="align_center">94.1</td><td class="align_center">90.2</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">69.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Buddhist</td><td class="align_center">63.5</td><td class="align_center">66.0</td><td class="align_center">69.2</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Jaccard similarity index for the different religious groups of Mauritius regarding the number of medicinal plants used to manage diabetes and related complications.

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Table 5: Traditional Therapies Used to Manage Diabetes and Related Complications in Mauritius: A Comparative Ethnoreligious Study 