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Table 3 Adjusted Odds Ratios and Confidence Intervals for Reported Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in a Healthy US Military Population

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use among US Navy and Marine Corps personnel

Variable

Total n = 1,305

CAM Use n = 485

OR

95% CI

Gender

    

   Male†

1,009

338

1.00

--

   Female

296

147

2.18

1.66, 2.87

Rank

    

   Enlisted†

1,009

356

1.00

--

   Officer

296

129

1.53

1.15, 2.04

Race/ethnicity

    

   White†

871

355

1.00

--

   Black

183

55

0.60

0.42, 0.86

   Hispanic

119

29

0.44

0.28, 0.69

   Asian/Pacific Islander

84

28

0.78

0.48, 1.28

   Other

48

18

0.75

0.40, 1.39

Body pain in past 4 weeks

    

   None/very mild†

763

256

1.00

--

   Mild

306

111

1.14

0.85, 1.52

   Moderate/severe

236

118

1.91

1.39, 2.61

Level of satisfaction with physician

    

   Very†

607

198

1.00

--

   Somewhat

510

204

1.44

1.11, 1.86

   Not very or not at all

188

83

1.59

1.11, 2.28

  1. * CAM indicates complementary and alternate medicine; OR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
  2. †Reference category.