Table 1 Physician characteristics*
| Â | CAM use n = 737 | No CAM use n = 141 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender, n (%) | Â | Â | 0.02 |
   female | 319 (43.3) | 46 (32.6) |  |
   male | 411 (55.8) | 95 (67.4) |  |
Age (years), mean | 50.7 | 53.2 | < 0.01 |
Years of practice, mean | 14.7 | 16.6 | 0.02 |
Work out (> 30 min), n (%) | Â | Â | 0.18 |
   regular | 348 (47.2) | 56 (39.7) |  |
   occasional | 227 (30.8) | 45 (31.9) |  |
   rarely | 155 (21.0) | 38 (27.0) |  |
Smoking, n (%) | 104 (14.1) | 26 (18.4) | 0.02 |
BMI (kg/m2), mean | 24.6 | 24.8 | 0.12 |
Own use of CAM | 487 (66.1) | 16 (11.3) | < 0.01 |
Special qualification for CAM, n (%) | 447 (60.7) | 17 (12.1) | < 0.01 |
   qualification Acupuncture | 277 (37.6) | 2 (1.4) | < 0.01 |
   qualification Naturopathy | 193 (26.2) | 3 (2.1) | < 0.01 |
   qualification Manual medicine | 125 (17.0) | 6 (4.3) | < 0.01 |
   qualification Homeopathy | 77 (10.4) | 1 (0.7) | < 0.01 |
   qualification Physical therapy | 44 (6.0) | 4 (2.8) | 0.32 |
   qualification Environmental Medicine | 23 (3.1) | 6 (4.3) | 0.49 |