Table 1.

Patient characteristics of survey respondents, overall and by gender, age and race

		Gender		Age group				Race
	All patients	Male	Female	≤ 50 yrs	>50 to 65 yrs	>65 to 80 yrs	>80 yrs	Non-White	White
Disease duration		p<0.001		P=0.46				P=0.19
≤1 year	29%	21%	52%	30%	24%	34%	40%	33%	28%
>1 to 5 yrs	31%	32%	27%	38%	28%	23%	20%	40%	28%
>5 to 10 yrs	20%	24%	8%	15%	23%	25%	0%	14%	21%
>10 yrs	20%	23%	13%	16%	24%	18%	40%	12%	23%
Number of gout flares in last month		P=0.023		P=0.075				P=0.21
0	13%	13%	11%	10%	13%	16%	20%	21%	10%
1	40%	47%	23%	42%	43%	36%	0%	29%	43%
2	23%	22%	27%	23%	18%	29%	60%	26%	23%
3	14%	12%	21%	18%	12%	14%	0%	17%	14%
4	3%	2%	6%	3%	1%	4%	203%	5%	3%
5	6%	4%	11%	4%	12%	0%	0%	2%	7%
% prescribed		P=0.84		P=0.41				P=0.15
Allopurinol or febuxostat	55%	54%	56%	54%	58%	52%	20%	64%	52%
% taking		P=0.93		P=0.71				P=0.08
cherry extract or juice	43%	43%	42%	45%	38%	48%	40%	31%	46%
% taking		P=0.17		P=0.06				P=0.81
other natural treatments	25%	27%	18%	30%	23%	14%	60%	26%	24%
% taking		P=0.81		P=0.58				P=0.33
either cherry or natural treatments*	51%	50%	52%	47%	59%	48%	40%	57%	49%

Bold p-values indicate statistically significant results.

^*48 patients were taking other natural treatments (many patients mentioned >1 treatments, therefore the total is >48):

Water, n=7; Celery seed, n=5; lemon/lime juice, n=4; Vitamin C, n=4; Vinegar, n=4; Turmeric, n=4; baking soda, n=4; Ginger/garlic, n=3; Diet, n=2; Banana leaf, n=2; blueberry, n=2

Following were reported by one patient each: Devil’s claw, Cleanse Uric Acid, Dandelion green, Fish oil, folic acid, GC gout care, honey, cinnamon, tea, lion’s mane, pineapple, Apple cider, pomegranate juice, milk, potassium, tomato soup, dates, almond