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Prevalence of Specific HDS Supplement Use Among Young Adults who use Alcohol and Tobacco |
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| High Risk Lifestyle factors |
Other Lifestyle factors |
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| Dietary Supplement |
Smoker N = 362 % |
P |
Alcohol Moderate/heavy n = 335 % |
P |
High Physical activity N = 662 % |
P |
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| Echinacea |
40 |
.18 |
49 |
.02 |
47 |
.002 |
| Ginseng |
42 |
.03 |
44 |
<.001 |
37 |
<.001 |
| Gingko biloba |
29 |
.02 |
29 |
.01 |
25 |
<.001 |
| Sedating herbs valerian, melatonin, chamomile, kava kava |
27 |
.02 |
28 |
<.001 |
21 |
.13 |
| Garlic |
17 |
.43 |
16 |
.54 |
17 |
.12 |
| Peppermint |
14 |
.79 |
12 |
.58 |
16 |
<.001 |
| St. John's wort |
20 |
<.001 |
17 |
.48 |
15 |
.03 |
| Ginger |
8 |
.09 |
9 |
.57 |
12 |
.03 |
| Stimulant herbs ephedra, guarana |
11 |
<.75 |
13 |
<.001 |
12 |
.005 |
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Data sources National health interview survey 2002, weighted percents extrapolated from the to the U.S. census (2000) for the adult civilian, non-institutionalized household population. | ||||||
Gardiner et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:39 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-39 |
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