Skip to main content

Table 3 Association between alcohol and CAM for female participants

From: Gender specific association between the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and alcohol consumption and injuries caused by drinking in the sixth Tromsø study

 

Alternative practitionera

Herbal meedicineb

Self-treatmentc

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Alcohol Frequency of use

 Never

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Monthly or more infrequently

0.94 (0.75–1.17)

0.570

0.88 (0.68–1.14)

0.336

1.13 (0.94–1.37)

0.198

1.20 (0.96–1.48)

0.105

2.02 (1.32–3.09)

0.001

1.46 (0.92–2.30)

0.104

 2–4 times a month

1.17 (0.94–1.45)

0.161

1.08 (0.84–1.39)

0.555

1.36 (1.14–1.64)

0.001

1.43 (1.15–1.78)

0.001

2.86 (1.89–4.31)

0.000

1.71 (1.09–2.66)

0.019

 2–3 times a week

1.04 (0.80–1.34)

0.779

1.02 (0.76–1.37)

0.885

1.30 (1.05–1.61)

0.015

1.37 (1.08–1.75)

0.010

3.69 (2.39–5.69)

0.000

2.07 (1.29–3.31)

0.002

 More that 3 times a week

1.09 (0.75–1.58)

0.649

1.13 (0.75–1.71)

0.550

1.60 (1.91–2.16)

0.002

1.76 (1.27–2.44)

0.001

4.16 (2.46–7.03)

0.000

2.62 (1.48–4.61)

0.001

Units of alcohol consumed when drinking

 1–2 units

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 3–4 units

1.13 (0.95–1.35)

0.153

1.03 (0.85–1.24)

0.763

1.01 (0.87–1.16)

0.918

1.03 (0.89–1.21)

0.668

1.12 (0.89–1.40)

0.335

0.90 (0.71–1.15)

0.395

 5 or more units

1.03 (0.72–1.48)

0.862

0.79 (0.54–1.17)

0.247

0.76 (0.55–1.05)

0.092

0.76 (0.54–1.07)

0.114

1.05 (0.65–1.71)

0.837

0.77 (0.46–1.28)

0.316

Injuries because of drinking

 Never

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

1.94 (1.35–2.79)

0.000

1.69 (1.16–2.47)

0.006

1.45 (1.06–2.00)

0.022

1.38 (0.98–1.93)

0.059

2.85 (1.91–4.24)

0.000

1.95 (1.28–2.96)

0.002

  1. a Visited an alternative medical practitioner within the previous year. b Used herbal or “natural” medicine within the previous year. c Used meditation, yoga, qi gong or tai-chi as self-treatment within the previous year. Adjusted p-value, OR and CI were adjusted for health status (cat.), household income (cat.), age (count) and level of education (cat). Cat.: categorical; Cont.: continuous