Table 1

Characteristics of Participants: Users and Nonusers of CAM (N = 115)

Nonuser

User

P

Age, mean. years

44.9

46.3

0.44

Marital status, % married

74.2

70.2

0.81

Ethnicity, % white

64.0

70.0

0.46

Years of Education

13.5

15.7

<.001

Household Income Category (1–9)

5.8

6.1

0.25

Number of members in household (excluding self)

2.3

2.0

0.54

Discrete characteristics were compared by Chi square test or Fisher's exact tests. Continuous characteristics were compared by Wilcoxon rank sum test.

Shen et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2002 2:8   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-2-8