Table 2 Comparison of characteristics in stroke survivors using or not using complementary medicine. Weighted data are representative for the civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States and do not reflect raw study numbers
From: Complementary medicine use in stroke survivors: a US nationally representative survey
Characteristics | Not using complementary medicine (weighted n = 5,515,753) | Using complementary medicine (weighted n = 2,242,068) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (Mean ± Standard deviation) | 66.4 ± 13.9 | 63.2 ± 15.0 | 0.003 |
Sex | < 0.001 | ||
Male | 3,238,970 (58.7%) | 922,430 (41.1%) | |
Female | 2,276,783 (41.3%) | 1,319,638 (58.9%) | |
Ethnicity | 0.889 | ||
Non-Hispanic White | 3,708,535 (67.2%) | 1,500,790 (66.9%) | |
Hispanic | 733,847 (13.3%) | 288,221 (12.9%) | |
African American | 588,816 (10.7%) | 282,995 (12.6%) | |
Asian | 346,958 (6.3%) | 123,572 (5.5%) | |
Other | 137,597 (2.5%) | 46,490 (2.1%) | |
Region | 0.045 | ||
West | 987,169 (17.9%) | 573,036 (25.6%) | |
Northeast | 833,991 (15.1%) | 268,138 (12.0%) | |
Midwest | 1,351,488 (24.5%) | 592,014 (26.4%) | |
South | 2,343,105 (42.5%) | 808,880 (36.1%) | |
Education | < 0.001 | ||
Less than college | 2,870,634 (53.0%) | 848,888 (37.9%) | |
Some college or more | 2,549,795 (47.0%) | 1,389,401 (62.1%) | |
Employment | 0.135 | ||
Not employed | 4,435,507 (80.4%) | 1,696,505 (75.7%) | |
Employed | 1,080,246 (19.6%) | 545,563 (24.3%) | |
Marital status | 0.110 | ||
Not in a relationship | 2,710,014 (49.1%) | 961,537 (42.9%) | |
In a relationship | 2,805,739 (50.9%) | 1,280,531 (57.1%) | |
Health insurance | 0.491 | ||
Not insured | 262,574 (4.8%) | 132,942 (5.9%) | |
Insured | 5,253,179 (95.2%) | 2,109,126 (94.1%) |