Ethnobotanical study of nutraceutical plants used to manage opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS in Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda

Table 1 Nutraceutical plant knowledge among different social groups of the study area

Parameter	Informant group	N (sample size)	Mean no. of plants cited	T statisics	p value	Sum of squares SS (total)	Degree of freedom df (total)	F value	p value	F critical
Gender	Male	22	2.454	2.748	0.011	1955.19	399	5.7160	0.017275	3.8649
Gender	Female	378	3.608
Age (years)	Below 21	23		2.352	0.011	818.1	170	4.848	0.001008	2.4260
	21–35	170
	36–50	103	3.365 (adult)
	51–65	67	4.058 (elder)
	above 65	37
Religion	Catholic	344				542.57	83	2.1018	0.1065	2.7188
	Muslim	1
	Protestant	27
	Born-again	28
Education level	no formal education (illiterate)	58	3.948 (iliterate	1.463	0.147	69.69	12	0.4311	0.7829	3.8379
	Primary school	324	3.476 (literate)
	Completed O’Level	14
	Completed A’Level	3
	Diploma	1
	Degree	0
Location	Gulu	133				1955.19	399	6.0810	0.002504	3.0185
	Amuru	133
	Pader	134

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