Observed Changes in Risk during Naturopathic Treatment of Hypertension

Table 2

Care characteristics of ND care for HTN.

Care characteristic	Mean (mode, median and IQR) or n (%)
Number of visits	8.7 (4,7,4)
Duration of care (months)	13.8 (7,12,8)
Presence of care “Gap”	32 (37.6%)
Primary care	20 (23.5%)
Category of health promotion advice	n (%) receiving advice
Diet	83 (97.6%)
Exercise	58 (68.2%)
Alcohol	48 (56.5%)
Tobacco	40 (47.1%)
Specific dietary advice	n (%) receiving advice
Increase fruit and vegetable intake	71 (83.5%)
Increase legumes/beans/nuts/whole grains	43 (50.6%)
Reduce dietary sodium	36 (42.3%)
Increase dietary fiber	31 (36.5%)
Increase fish intake	17 (20%)
Adopt the “DASH” diet	16 (18.8%)
Adopt the “Mediterranean” diet	3 (3.5%)
Nutritional supplementation	n (%) receiving recommendation
Omega-3 Oils from Fish	47 (55.3%)
“Combo 1”	43 (50.6%)
Magnesium	37 (43.5%)
Coenzyme Q10	33 (38.8%)
Crataegus oxycanthus (Hawthorne)	28 (32.9%)
“Combo 2”	11 (12.9%)
Potassium	7 (8.2%)

IQR: Inter-quartile range.