Variables | Total (N = 49,380) | Cancer Occurrencea (% or SD) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | p-value | ||
T&CAM usea | ||||
 Nonuser | 46,381 | 37,861 (81.63) | 8,520 (18.37) |  < 0.0001*** |
 User | 2,999 | 2,233 (74.46) | 766 (25.54) |  |
# of T&CAM use b |  | 1.94 (8.29) | 2.86 (10.70) |  < 0.0001*** |
Conventional medicine use | ||||
 Nonuser | 7,563 | 7,494 (99.09) | 69 (0.91) |  < 0.0001*** |
 User | 41,817 | 38,887 (92.99) | 2,930 (7.01) |  |
Control variable | ||||
Age (Year) |  | 52.54 (16.51) | 59.41 (13.34) |  < 0.0001*** |
Education | ||||
 Elementary or lower | 11,348 | 10,497 (92.50) | 851 (7.50) |  < 0.0001*** |
 Middle school or high school | 21,634 | 20,076 (92.80) | 1,558 (7.20) |  |
 University or higher | 16,398 | 15,808 (96.40) | 590 (3.60) |  |
Region | ||||
 Urban | 21,397 | 20,087 (93.88) | 1,310 (6.12) | 0.690 |
 Rural | 27,983 | 26,294 (93.96) | 1,689 (6.04) |  |
Household income c (10,000 won) |  | 676.616 (520.15) | 722.88 (585.35) |  < 0.0001*** |
Health care coverage | ||||
 National health insurance | 49,928 | 44,166 (94.11) | 2,762 (5.89) |  < 0.0001*** |
 Medical benefits | 1,993 | 1,823 (91.47) | 170 (8.53) |  |
 special cases | 459 | 392 (85.40) | 67 (14.60) |  |
Chronic musculoskeletal diseases | ||||
 No | 32,549 | 30,923 (95.00) | 1,626 (5.00) |  < 0.0001*** |
 Yes | 16,831 | 15,458 (91.84) | 1,373 (8.16) |  |
Chronic neural diseases | ||||
 No | 47,296 | 44,500 (94.09) | 2,796 (5.91) |  < 0.0001*** |
 Yes | 2,084 | 1,881 (90.26) | 203 (9.74) |  |
Chronic circulatory diseases | ||||
 No | 35,030 | 33,119 (94.54) | 1,911 (5.46) |  < 0.0001*** |
 Yes | 14,350 | 13,262 (92.42) | 1,088 (7.58) |  |
Chronic respiratory diseases | ||||
 No | 44,873 | 42,236 (94.12) | 2,637 (5.88) |  < 0.0001*** |
 Yes | 4,507 | 4,145 (91.97) | 362 (8.03) |  |
Quality of life (EQ-5D) |  | 0.91 (0.09) | 0.89 (0.11) |  < 0.0001*** |
Year | ||||
 2011 | 11,109 | 10,496 (94.48) | 613 (5.52) | 0.013* |
 2012 | 10,443 | 9,838 (94.21) | 605 (5.79) |  |
 2013 | 9,796 | 9,173 (93.64) | 623 (6.36) |  |
 2014 | 9,316 | 8,716 (93.56) | 600 (6.44) |  |
 2016 | 8,716 | 8,158 (93.60 | 558 (6.40) |  |