Herbal or traditional medicine consumption in a Thai worker population: pattern of use and therapeutic control in chronic diseases

Table 2 Factors associated with Herbal and Traditional Medicine use

	Univariate			Multivariate
Variable	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Age (> 50 vs < 50 years)	0.91	0.81–1.01	0.07	0.82	0.72–0.93	0.002
Sex (F vs M)	1.17	1.05–1.32	0.006	1.34	1.17–1.54	< 0.001
Obesity (Y vs N)	1.11	0.92–1.34	0.2
Education (Secondary vs higher)	1.00	0.91–1.11	0.9
Income (< 20,000 THB vs higher)	1.07	0.91–1.25	0.4
Current smoker (Y vs N)	0.96	0.84–1.10	0.5
Current alcohol (Y vs N)	1.18	1.06–1.31	0.003	1.30	1.30–1.14	< 0.001
SR Diabetes mellitus (Y vs N)	1.43	1.21–1.69	< 0.001	1.37	1.14–1.66	0.001
SR Hypertension (Y vs N)	1.12	1.00–1.26	0.058
SR Liver disease (Y vs N)	1.42	1.21–1.67	< 0.001	1.39	1.17–1.64	< 0.001
SR Dyslipidemia (Y vs N)	1.31	1.18–1.46	< 0.001	1.33	1.18–1.50	< 0.001
SR Cancer (Y vs N)	1.38	1.07–1.78	0.01	1.32	1.003–1.74	0.047
SR CVD (Y vs N)	0.96	0.74–1.24	0.7

OR Odds ratio, CI confidence interval; Obesity; BMI > 30 kg/m²; Income, Monthly household income in Thai Baht; SR self-reported, CVD cardiovascular disease
p < 0.05 denotes statistical significance
Bold p values < 0.05

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