Table 4: Association of characteristics between CAM users & non-users (N=226).
SD: standard deviation
| Socio-demographic factors | No CAM use n=106, (%) | CAM use n=120, (%) | p-value |
| Gender |
| Male | 45 (42.0) | 54 (45.0) | 0.161 |
| Female | 61 (57.0) | 66 (55.0) | |
| Ethnicity |
| South East Asian | 45 (42.0) | 84 (70.0) | <0.001 |
| Iranians | 26 (24.0) | 16 (13.0) | |
| Arabs | 35 (33.0) | 20 (16.0) | |
| Religion |
| Muslim | 64 (60.0) | 82 (68.3) | <0.001 |
| Christian | 16 (15.0) | 18 (15.0) | |
| Hindu | 26 (24.5) | 20 (16.6) | |
| Education |
| Primary school | 65 (61.3) | 45(50.0) | 0.115 |
| Secondary school &higher | 41 (38.6) | 75 (62.0) | <0.001 |
| Occupation |
| Manual worker | 54(50.9) | 52 (43.3) | 0.005 |
| Office worker | 52 (49.0) | 68 (56.6) | |
| HbA1c (n,SD) | 8.4 ± 1.6 | 8.8 ± 3 | 0.449 |
| Family Income (n, SD) | 2150 ± 1850 | 2980 ± 1696 | 0.029 |
| Hypertension | 65 (61.3) | 109(90.8) | 0.41 |