What rheumatologists in the United States think of complementary and alternative medicine: results of a national survey

Table 3 Multivariate Associations Between Characteristics of Rheumatologists and Responses Regarding Perceived Benefit and Likelihood of Recommending CAM

	OR (95% CI)
Characteristic	Benefit^a	Recommend^b
Age (per 10 y)	0.9 (0.7-1.3)	0.8 (0.6-1.1)
Sex (Female)	1.9 (1.1-3.4)	1.7 (0.9-2.9)
Race (White)	1.3 (0.5-3.2)	1.5 (0.6-4.0)
Practice Setting (vs Solo)	P = .65	P = .67
Group	0.9 (0.5-1.6)	1.3 (0.7-2.3)
Institutional/Other	1.3 (0.5-3.8)	0.8 (0.3-2.6)
Academic	0.7 (0.3-1.4)	1.0 (0.5-1.9)
Region (vs Northeast)	P = .49	P = .07
South	1.3 (0.8-2.2)	1.6 (0.9-2.7)
Midwest	1.5 (0.7-3.4)	0.8 (0.3-1.8)
West	0.8 (0.3-2.1)	0.6 (0.2-1.7)
Place of Birth (not North America)	1.8 (0.8-4.0)	2.5 (1.1-5.6)

Abbreviations: CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; CI,
confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
^a OR for a composite response of 4 or more of 6 CAM therapies rated as "very" or "moderately" beneficial vs 3 or fewer of 6 CAM therapies with the same responses. Bolded entries indicate statistical significance.
^b OR for a composite response of 4 or more of 6 CAM therapies rated as "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to recommend vs 3 or fewer of 6 CAM therapies with the same responses. Bolded entries indicate statistical significance.

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