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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients (N = 9170)

From: Patients' motives for choosing a physician: comparison between conventional and complementary medicine in Swiss primary care

  

CONV (N = 2575)

CAM (N = 6595)

  

#

%

95% CI

#

%

95% CI

Physicians

N

78

30

 

184

70

 

Patients

Children (N = 1291)

118

9

 

1173

91

 
 

Adults* (N = 7879)

2457

31

 

5422

69

 
 

All

2575

28

 

6595

72

 

Proportion of female, patients

Children**

72

61

52–70

537

46

43–48

 

Adults**

1405

57

54–60

3866

71

70–73

 

All*

1477

57

54–61

4403

67

65–68

Mean age, patients

Children

11 years

7 years

 

Adults

51 years

49 years

 

All

49 years

41 years

  1. *>16 years old