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Table 2 Bivariate analysis with percentage of visits to CAM practitioners (%CAM) in 1997 and 2008 for males and females (N given in table)

From: Changes among male and female visitors to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine in a large adult Norwegian population from 1997 to 2008 (The HUNT studies)

 

Male

Female

 

2008

1997

2008 vs 1997

2008

1997

2008 vs 1997

 

N

%CAM

N

%CAM

Diff

P-value

N

%CAM

N

%CAM

Diff

P-value

Visited a CAM practitioner

22998

8.3%*

19490

6.1%*

2.2%*

< 0.001

27715

16.2%*

22244

12.2%*

3.9%*

< 0.001

Age group

- Under 30

1852

7.9%*

2766

4.0%*

4.0%*

< 0.001

2634

13.7%*

3546

9.2%*

4.6%*

< 0.001

- 30-39

2843

9.4%*

3738

5.6%*

3.8%*

< 0.001

3998

18.1%*

4606

12.1%*

5.9%*

< 0.001

- 40-49

4546

9.7%*

4347

5.9%*

3.8%*

< 0.001

5434

18.5%*

4898

13.0%*

5.6%*

< 0.001

- 50-59

5400

8.8%*

3476

6.3%*

2.5%*

< 0.001

5989

18.3%*

3701

14.9%*

3.4%*

< 0.001

- 60-69

4650

7.4%*

2431

7.5%*

-0.1%

0.892

5106

14.8%*

2560

13.5%*

1.3%

0.117

- 70-79

2649

6.3%*

2146

7.2%*

-1.0%

0.188

3076

12.6%*

2148

10.6%*

2.0%*

0.025

- Over 80

980

5.6%*

586

9.7%*

-4.1%*

0.002

1417

9.2%*

785

9.8%*

-0.6%

0.625

Education

- Compulsory school

4458

7.6%*

5435

6.3%

1.3%*

0.009

6166

14.1%*

7436

12.3%

1.8%*

0.002

- Middle level

13200

8.9%*

9336

6.0%

3.0%*

< 0.001

13216

17.6%*

9058

12.7%

4.9%*

< 0.001

- University

5067

7.0%*

4115

5.8%

1.2%*

0.016

8006

15.5%*

4886

11.3%

4.2%*

< 0.001

Marital status

- Married/cohabiting

17380

8.5%

15186

6.2%*

2.3%*

< 0.001

20123

16.7%*

17107

12.5%*

4.2%*

< 0.001

- Single

4017

7.5%

3142

4.7%*

2.8%*

< 0.001

3465

15.2%*

2125

10.5%*

4.7%*

< 0.001

- Divorced/separated

1069

8.1%

615

9.4%*

-1.3%

0.363

1603

18.3%*

878

15.3%*

3.0%

0.057

- Widow(er)

461

8.7%

512

8.0%*

0.7%

0.706

2412

11.9%*

2072

10.6%*

1.4%

0.148

Currently working

15268

8.6%

13914

5.5%*

3.0%*

< 0.001

17090

17.4%*

14037

12.3%

5.1%*

< 0.001

Current lifestyle:

- Daily smoker

3919

7.1%*

5295

5.1%*

2.0%*

< 0.001

5565

16.0%

6361

11.5%

4.5%*

< 0.001

- Hard physical activity

3163

9.8%*

2568

5.1%

4.7%*

< 0.001

2936

17.7%

1287

12.0%

5.7%*

< 0.001

Global Health:

- Very good

3527

5.4%*

3399

3.1%*

2.3%*

< 0.001

4172

10.3%*

3864

6.4%*

3.9%*

< 0.001

- Good

13475

7.4%*

11763

5.0%*

2.3%*

< 0.001

14787

15.2%*

12524

10.4%*

4.8%*

< 0.001

- Fair

4874

12.5%*

3934

10.8%*

1.6%*

0.017

7142

21.3%*

5343

19.8%*

1.5%*

0.035

- Poor

314

17.2%*

294

18.7%*

-1.5%

0.628

389

27.8%*

332

26.5%*

1.3%

0.705

Anxiety and depression

- 0-4

6196

7.6%*

6735

4.9%*

2.7%*

< 0.001

7714

13.9%*

7561

8.8%*

5.1%*

< 0.001

- 5-9

6218

8.1%*

6998

5.3%*

2.8%*

< 0.001

7351

16.5%*

7538

11.7%*

4.8%*

< 0.001

- 10-14

3066

9.3%*

3481

7.4%*

1.9%*

0.005

3930

18.9%*

3881

15.0%*

4.0%*

< 0.001

- 15-19

1123

11.6%*

1206

9.5%*

2.0%

0.109

1719

22.4%*

1646

19.0%*

3.4%*

0.014

- 20 and higher

453

11.7%*

558

13.3%*

-1.6%

0.456

811

22.3%*

872

21.1%*

1.2%

0.545

Recent complaint

15562

9.3%*

12053

6.5%*

2.8%*

< 0.001

20995

17.6%*

14642

12.9%*

4.7%*

< 0.001

Chronic complaint

7096

12.1%*

4366

10.5%*

1.6%*

0.009

8821

22.2%*

4608

19.0%*

3.2%*

< 0.001

Psychiatric complaint

2178

12.3%*

1511

13.6%*

-1.3%

0.259

4438

21.9%*

3025

20.2%*

1.7%

0.070

Diseases

- Asthma

2016

9.5%

1662

8.0%*

1.5%

0.117

2706

19.0%*

1840

16.7%*

2.3%*

0.044

- Hay fever

4185

9.4%*

3197

8.1%*

1.3%

0.051

6185

19.3%*

4405

16.3%*

3.1%*

< 0.001

- Heart disease

3251

7.4%

1568

7.6%*

-0.2%

0.827

2212

14.0%*

972

13.7%

0.3%

0.830

- Cancer

1116

8.5%

558

10.0%*

-1.5%

0.305

1541

15.5%

833

13.9%

1.6%

0.302

- Diabetes

1136

8.3%

499

7.0%

1.3%

0.384

1047

13.9%

497

12.5%

1.5%

0.429

- Musculoskeletal disease

3088

11.2%*

1904

9.3%*

1.9%*

0.032

7369

19.0%*

3259

17.8%*

1.2%

0.148

Visited last year:

- Physician

17769

9.5%*

11738

8.1%*

1.4%*

< 0.001

23907

17.2%*

16787

14.2%*

3.1%*

< 0.001

- Chiropractor

1980

19.3%*

793

19.2%*

0.1%

0.940

2016

29.3%*

649

34.4%*

-5.1%*

0.014

  1. Test of proportions is used to compare changes from 1997 to 2008 with a positive difference (Diff) indicating higher prevalence in 2008.
  2. * p-value < 0.01 for each year and p-value < 0.05 for comparison