Table 3 |
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Respondent sociodemographic variables and associations with CAM use, 2002 NHIS (weighted) |
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Characteristic |
% of Sample |
% of group using CAM in last 12 months |
UORa |
99% CIb |
AORc |
99% CIb |
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Educational attainment |
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Less than high school |
16.6 |
20.7 |
1.00 |
. |
1.00 |
. |
|
High school graduate/GED |
29.9 |
30.2 |
1.65 |
1.45–1.88 |
1.37 |
1.19–1.57 |
|
Some college/Associate's degree |
29.1 |
40.4 |
2.59 |
2.29–2.93 |
1.85 |
1.62–2.12 |
|
Bachelor's degree |
16.3 |
47.9 |
3.51 |
3.06–4.03 |
2.40 |
2.05–2.81 |
|
Master's, Doctorate, or Professional degree |
8.2 |
52.0 |
4.14 |
3.49–4.91 |
2.79 |
2.27–3.42 |
|
Poverty statusd |
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Below poverty level |
11.2 |
27.0 |
1.00 |
. |
1.00 |
. |
|
100%<=ratio<200% |
17.0 |
28.9 |
1.10 |
0.94–1.28 |
1.06 |
0.90–1.25 |
|
200% <=ratio<300% |
17.9 |
33.1 |
1.33 |
1.15–1.55 |
1.14 |
0.96–1.36 |
|
300%<=ratio<400% |
15.4 |
36.8 |
1.57 |
1.35–1.84 |
1.18 |
0.98–1.43 |
|
400%<=ratio<500% |
12.8 |
39.3 |
1.74 |
1.49–2.05 |
1.20 |
0.98–1.47 |
|
500%+ |
25.7 |
44.8 |
2.19 |
1.89–2.54 |
1.30 |
1.07–1.56 |
|
Sex |
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Male |
48.0 |
31.5 |
1.00 |
. |
1.00 |
. |
|
Female |
52.0 |
40.4 |
1.48 |
1.37–1.59 |
1.55 |
1.42–1.70 |
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Age |
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18–44 |
52.5 |
36.6 |
1.62 |
1.46–1.80 |
1.73 |
1.47–2.04 |
|
45–64 |
31.4 |
40.4 |
1.90 |
1.71–2.12 |
1.64 |
1.41–1.90 |
|
65+ |
16.1 |
26.3 |
1.00 |
. |
1.00 |
. |
|
Employment status |
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Not employed |
35.9 |
32.1 |
1.00 |
. |
1.00 |
. |
|
Private sector |
47.4 |
36.4 |
1.21 |
1.12–1.32 |
1.07 |
0.97–1.19 |
|
Government |
10.2 |
44.5 |
1.70 |
1.49–1.93 |
1.12 |
0.95–1.32 |
|
Self-employed/family business |
6.5 |
43.5 |
1.62 |
1.40–1.89 |
1.41 |
1.19–1.66 |
|
Race and ethnicitye |
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Hispanic |
11.0 |
27.9 |
0.63 |
0.56–0.70 |
1.09 |
0.95–1.26 |
|
Non-Hispanic white |
73.3 |
38.2 |
1.00 |
. |
1.00 |
. |
|
Non-Hispanic black |
11.4 |
28.0 |
0.63 |
0.56–0.71 |
0.90 |
0.79–1.03 |
|
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native |
0.6 |
42.4 |
1.19 |
0.70–2.03 |
1.37 |
0.80–2.37 |
|
Asian or Other Pacific Islander |
3.7 |
43.4 |
1.24 |
1.01–1.53 |
1.56 |
1.19–2.03 |
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Region of residence |
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Northeast |
19.3 |
37.0 |
1.31 |
1.17–1.48 |
1.12 |
1.00–1.24 |
|
Midwest |
24.4 |
37.9 |
1.37 |
1.22–1.53 |
1.20 |
1.07–1.35 |
|
South |
37.0 |
30.9 |
1.00 |
. |
1.00 |
. |
|
West |
19.3 |
43.1 |
1.70 |
1.52–1.90 |
1.58 |
1.39–1.79 |
|
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a Unadjusted odds ratios. Sets of bivariate logistic regressions were performed to determine associations between each independent and control variable and CAM use. b More conservative 99% confidence intervals were used because of the enhanced statistical power generated by the large sample size. c Adjusted odds ratios. Each variable is adjusted for all other variables in Tables 1, 2, and 3. d "Poverty status" is based on a multiply-imputed total family income variable. e Non-Hispanic, multiple race sample adults were dropped from the analysis due to a small sample size (n = 45). |
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Nahin et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:217 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-217 |
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