The use of complementary and alternative medicine by adults with allergies: a Czech national representative survey

Table 3 Predictors of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by type of CAM category among respondents with self-reported allergy (N = 187)

	Use CAM		Biologically CAM		Body-based CAM		Whole system CAM		Mind-body CAM
	PV	OR (95% CI)	PV	OR (95% CI)	PV	OR (95% CI)	PV	OR (95% CI)	PV	OR (95% CI)
Sex (Male)	0.005**	0.357 (0.17, 0.74)	0.002**	0.386 (0.21, 0.70)
Monthly household income in CZK	0.026*						< 0.001**		0.044*
< 20,000	Ref						Ref		Ref
20,001–40,000	NS	2.039 (0.88, 4.70)					0.002**	0.121 (0.03, 0.47)	NS	1.335 (0.70, 2.56)
> 40,000	0.007**	4.992 (1.55, 16.08)					0.027*	4.377 (1.18, 16.19)	0.013*	3.032 (1.26, 7.31)
Self-rated health	< 0.001				0.004**		< 0.001**		0.029*
Neutral - Very bad	Ref				Ref		Ref		Ref
Good	< 0.001**	0.156 (0.06, 0.43)			0.011*	0.570 (0.37, 0.88)	< 0.001**	0.045 (0.01, 0.19)	NS	0.659 (0.35, 1.23)
Very good	NS	0.732 (0.22, 2.48)			0.034*	1.847 (1.05, 3.26)	NS	0.495 (0.12, 1.96)	NS	1.792 (0.82, 3.94)
Education	< 0.001**		0.012*				< 0.001**
Less than high school	Ref		Ref				Ref
High school	< 0.001**	19.702 (5.46, 71.13)	0.005**	2.065 (1.24, 3.44)			NS	0.906 (0.36, 2.27)
University	NS	2.279 (0.65, 7.99)	NS	0.902 (0.48, 1.71)			< 0.001**	17.233 (3.58, 83.06)
Religious identity (Yes)									0.005**	0.409 (0.22, 0.77)
Martial status
Simple, separated, widowed, divorced							Ref
Living together							0.003**	0.168 (0.05, 0.55)
Age (years)	0.001**
15–29	Ref
30–39	0.019*	0.282 (0.10, 0.81)
40 and over	< 0.001**	0.174 (0.07, 0.45)
Place of residence (inhabitants)							0.002**
1–1999							Ref
2000–4999							NS	3.407 (0.87, 13.41)
5000–19,999							NS	1.068 (0.20, 5.73)
20,000–99,999							< 0.001**	27.475 (4.96, 152.30)
100,000 and more							NS	3.610 (1.00, 13.04)

* significant at 0.05
** significant at 0.01
Ref – reference category, NS – not significant, PV – p-value for Binary logistic regression, forward method with Wald test

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