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Adjusteda vaccination coverage levels of priority and non-priority adults by Chiropractic therapy use, 2002 National Health Interview Survey |
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| Influenza % (95% CI) |
Pneumococcal % (95% CI) |
Hepatitis B % (95% CI) |
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| Priority Adults |
(n = 14,595) |
(n = 9,596) |
(n = 2,848) |
| Chiropractic use |
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| Use Chiropractic therapy |
41.7 (39.9, 43.5) |
40.3 (39.3, 42.7) |
55.2 (50.3, 60.1) |
| CAM user, non-chiropractic |
44.9 (43.7, 46.1)* |
40.7 (39.3, 42.1) |
60.1 (57.6, 62.6) |
| Never used CAM |
38.3 (36.1, 40.5)*+ |
32.6 (30.2, 35.0)*+ |
56.7 (51.2, 62.2) |
| Non-Priority Adults |
(n = 15,927) |
(n = 20,328) |
(n = 26,179) |
| Chiropractic use |
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| Use Chiropractic therapy |
15.8 (14.2, 17.4) |
6.9 (6.1, 7.7) |
25.7 (23.9, 27.4) |
| CAM user, non-chiropractic |
16.3 (15.3, 17.3) |
6.7 (6.1, 6.7) |
26.8 (25.8, 27.8) |
| Never used CAM |
12.0 (10.6, 13.4)*+ |
4.5 (3.7, 5.3)*+ |
21.2 (19.6, 22.8)*+ |
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* denotes significantly different than chiropractic users; + denotes significantly different than non-chiropractic CAM users aMultivariable model adjusts for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education level, federal poverty level, region, having a usual source of care other than the emergency department, number of visits to a physician during the past 12 months, health insurance status, and smoking status. | |||
Stokley et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:6 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-6 |
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