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Table 6 Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for Associations of Fatigue Groups with Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Categories

From: Complementary and alternative medical therapy utilization by people with chronic fatiguing illnesses in the United States

 

CFS-like

Chronic Fatigue

Prolonged Fatigue

Non-fatigued

p-trend

CAM use

OR 95% CI

OR 95% CI

OR 95% CI

OR

 

Body-Based

2.52 (1.32–4.82)

1.52 (1.07–2.16)

1.67 (0.88–3.17)

1.0

0.002

Alternative Medicine^+

2.55 (0.97–6.71)

1.43 (0.79–2.59)

0.29 (0.04–2.22)

1.0

0.07

Mind-body (includes Prayer)^

1.33 (0.63–2.83)

1.17 (0.83–1.66)

1.39 (0.70–2.73)

1.0

0.28

Mind-body (excludes Prayer)^

1.47 (0.73–2.97)

1.73 (1.20–2.48)

1.65 (0.84–3.22)

1.0

0.006

Biologically-based^

1.48 (0.77–2.87)

1.19 (0.84–1.68)

0.92 (0.46–1.81)

1.0

0.19

Energy

1.86 (0.65–5.38)

1.58 (0.86–2.91)

1.54 (0.50–4.74)

1.0

0.09

  1. All models include adjustment for age (continuous) and sex and count of other diagnoses; includes adjustment for income; ^ includes adjustment for education; +includes adjustment for geographic area