Description

For sample adults in 2007 who had taken two or more herbal supplements during the past 30 days (HERMO) and had taken the second herbal supplement to treat a specific health problem or condition (HER2TREAT), HER2TKIDNEY indicates whether the person had used an herbal supplement to treat weak or failing kidneys.

Weak or failing kidneys was one of 57 possible specific conditions that sample adults (but not sample children) could report treating with herbal supplements in 2007. The other such conditions are:

• alcohol or tobacco use (HER2TALCTOB)

• dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (HER2TDEMENT)

• angina (HER2TANGINA)

• back pain or problem (HER2TBACPAIN)

• bipolar disorder (HER2TBIPOL)

• birth defect (HER2TBIRTHD)

• anemia and blood disorders--adults (HER2TBLOOD)

• chronic bronchitis (HER2TCBRON)

• cholesterol (HER2TCHOL)

• coronary heart disease (HER2TCORON)

• other nerve damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome (HER2TCTS)

• benign tumors or cysts (HER2TCYST)

• dental pain (HER2TDENPAIN)

• emphysema (HER2TEMPH)

• excessive sleepiness during the day (HER2TESLEEPY)

• fibromyalgia (HER2TFIBRO)

• fracture, bone or joint injury (HER2TFRACT)

• gout (HER2TGOUT)

• gynecologic problem (HER2TGYN)

• heart attack (HER2THATT)

• hernia (HER2THERN)

• hypertension (HER2THYPER)

• inflammatory bowel disease (HER2TINFB)

• stomach or intestinal illness (HER2TINTEST)

• irritable bowel (HER2TIRRB)

• jaw pain (HER2TJAWPAIN)

• joint pain or stiffness/other joint condition (HER2TJNTPAIN)

• poor circulation in legs (HER2TLCIRC)

• liver problem (HER2TLIVER)

• lupus (HER2TLUPUS)

• mania or psychosis (HER2TMANIA)

• memory loss or loss of other cognitive function (HER2TMEMLOS)

• menopause (HER2TMENOP)

• missing limbs (fingers, toes or digits), amputee (HER2TMLIMB)

• neck pain or problem (HER2TNECPAIN)

• circulation problems (other than in the legs) (HER2TNLCIRC)

• other allergies--adults (HER2TOALLA)

• other heart condition or disease (HER2TOHART)

• other infectious diseases (HER2TOINF)

• other injury (HER2TOINJ)

• knee problems (not arthritis, not joint injury) (HER2TOKNEE)

• osteoporosis, tendinitis (HER2TOSTEO)

• polio (myelitis), paralysis, para/quadriplegia (HER2TPOLIO)

• prostate trouble or impotence (HER2TPROST)

• Rheumatoid arthritis (HER2TRHEUM)

• schizophrenia (HER2TSCHIZ)

• senility (HER2TSENILE)

• skin problems--adults (HER2TSKINA)

• sprain or strain (HER2TSPRAIN)

• stress (HER2TSTRESS)

• stroke (HER2TSTROKE)

• substance abuse, other than alcohol or tobacco (HER2TSUBST)

• ulcer (HER2TULCER)

• varicose veins, hemorrhoids (HER2TVEIN)

• other condition (HER2TOTH2, HER2TOTH3)

Additionally, there are 30 other conditions that both sample adults and sample children could report treating with herbal supplements in 2007. For the full list of conditions, see HER2TREAT.

Persons taking more than one herbal supplement during the past 30 days were asked whether their first herbal supplement was used to treat a specific problem or condition (HER1TREAT) and, if so, what was that condition. Similarly, persons taking vitamin supplements during the past 30 days (VITMO) were asked whether those vitamin supplements were used to treat a specific condition (see VIT1TREAT and VIT2TREAT).

HER2MOST reports the specific second herbal supplement (out of 45 possible herbs) that was taken most often by the respondent. Analysts interested in the treatment of weak or failing kidneys by other herbal or vitamin supplements should see the related variables HER1TKIDNEY, VIT1TKIDNEY, and VIT2TKIDNEY. The corresponding variables HER2MOST, VIT1MOST, and VIT2MOST indicate which herbal or vitamin supplement was taken.

Sample adults, but not sample children, were also asked about their use of herbal supplements to prevent (rather than to treat) health problems or conditions (HER1PREV and HER2PREV). Researchers interested in the use of herbal supplements to prevent weak or failing kidneys should see HER1PKIDNEY and HER2PKIDNEY. For more information on the full range of variables related to the use of herbal supplements, see HERMO.

Comparability

HER2TKIDNEY is only available for 2007.

Universe

Availability

• 2007, 2012

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT
• 2012 : SUPP4WT