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Table 3 Associations for T&CM use among participants with cancer at present

From: Use of traditional and complementary medicine among Norwegian cancer patients in the seventh survey of the Tromsø study

 

No T&CM

Any T&CM

p-value

Age

 Mean age (SD)

68.37 (9.772)

66.85 (11.487)

0.189c

%

n

%

n

 

 40-59 years

58.4

45

41.6

32

0.105a

 60 years and above

68.4

195

31.6

90

 

Gender

    

0.018a

 Women

59.7

92

40.3

62

 

 Men

71.5

153

28.6

61

 

Ethnicity

 Norwegian

68.5

233

31.5

107

0.004b

 Sami/Kven

26.7

4

73.3

11

 

Other

75.0

6

25.0

2

 

Household income

    

0.861a

 < NOK 450’/ € 45’

66.4

79

33.6

40

 

 NOK 450’-750’/€ 45’-75’

66.7

78

33.3

39

 

 >NOK 750’/€ 75’

69.5

73

30.5

32

 

Years of education

    

0.747a

 Primary school

63.8

83

36.2

47

 

 Secondary school

66.7

60

33.3

30

 

 College/university less than 4 years

68.3

41

31.7

19

 

 College/university 4 years or more

71.2

52

28.8

21

 

Self-reported health

    

0.788a

 Good

67.9

114

32.1

54

 

 Neither

64.7

97

35.3

53

 

 Bad

68.9

31

31.1

14

 

Smoke daily

    

0.878a

 Yes, now

69.0

29

31.0

13

 

 Yes, previously

65.8

127

34.2

66

 

 Never

68.0

85

32.0

40

 

Frequency alcohol consumption

    

0.350a

 Monthly or less frequently

64.0

96

36.0

54

 

 More than once a month

68.7

147

31.3

67

 

Frequency of exercise

    

0.215a

 Less than weekly

73.8

48

26.2

17

 

 Weekly or more frequently

65.9

197

34.1

102

 
  1. a Pearson chi square test; b Fisher exact test; c ANOVA test; Any T&CM use are use of either T&CM provider, herbal medicine/natural remedies or T&CM self-help techniques.