Concomitant Use of Herbal and Conventional Medicines among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Clinical conditions of patients with diabetes mellitus in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 791).

Variable	Frequency	Percent
Current treatment
Insulin	210	26.5
Oral hypoglycemic	499	63.1
Both	82	10.4
Comorbidity type
Hypertension	313	39.6
Asthma	49	6.2
Kidney disease	65	8.2
Heart problem	53	6.7
Eye disease	47	5.9
Others	126	15.9
None	332	42.0
Years of pre-existing diabetes diseases
<5	174	22.0
5–10	333	42.1
>10	284	35.9

Percentages will not add up to 100% as some DM patients had more than one type of comorbidity; atherosclerosis, gastrointestinal problem, hemorrhoid, HIV/AIDS, neurological problem, mental problem, and so on.