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Table 1 Characteristics of people with and without purchasing CHM

From: The prevalence, characteristics, and factors associated with purchasing Chinese herbal medicine among adults in Taiwan

 

Purchase of CHM

 

No (N = 15,889)

Yes (N = 867)

 

Multivariate adjusted

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

p-value

OR

(95% CI)c

Scored

Age, years

 20–29

3561

(97.8)

81

(2.2)

<0.0001

1.00

(reference)

0

 30–39

3331

(95.8)

145

(4.2)

 

1.87

(1.42–2.48)

2

 40–49

3469

(93.8)

230

(6.2)

 

2.71

(2.06–3.55)

4

 50–59

2394

(93.0)

179

(7.0)

 

2.82

(2.10–3.77)

4

 60–69

1566

(93.0)

118

(7.0)

 

2.80

(2.02–3.88)

4

  ≥ 70

1568

(93.2)

114

(6.8)

 

2.84

(2.03–3.99)

4

Gender

 Male

8166

(95.5)

382

(4.5)

<0.0001

1.00

(reference)

0

 Female

7723

(94.1)

485

(5.9)

 

1.28

(1.11–1.48)

1

Occupation

 White collar

5821

(92.5)

276

(7.5)

0.02

-

-

-

 Blue collar

5828

(93.9)

336

(6.1)

 

-

-

-

Others

4284

(93.4)

255

(6.6)

 

-

-

-

 Education, years

 0

1158

(92.8)

90

(7.2)

<0.0001

1.25

(0.90–1.73)

1

 1–9

5350

(93.0)

404

(7.0)

 

1.46

(1.18–1.80)

1

 10–12

4555

(95.9)

194

(4.1)

 

1.03

(0.83–1.27)

1

  ≥ 13

4826

(96.4)

179

(3.6)

 

1.00

(reference)

0

Family income, NTDs

  < 30,000

4106

(93.5)

287

(6.5)

<0.0001

-

-

-

 30,000–200,000

11,360

(95.3)

556

(4.7)

 

-

-

-

  > 200,000

423

(94.6)

24

(5.4)

 

-

-

-

Marital status

 Married

10,115

(94.2)

626

(5.8)

<0.0001

-

-

-

 Unmarried

3965

(97.5)

101

(2.5)

 

-

-

-

 Others

1809

(92.8)

140

(7.2)

 

-

-

-

Ethnicity

 Non-indigenous

15,532

(93.2)

857

(6.8)

0.012

2.61

(1.29–5.30)

4

 Indigenous

401

(96.1)

10

(3.9)

 

1.00

(reference)

0

Density of physiciansa

 Low

5657

(94.3)

342

(5.7)

0.0002

1.16

(0.97–1.37)

1

 Moderate

5351

(95.3)

365

(4.7)

 

1.38

(1.16–1.65)

1

 High

4881

(94.9)

260

(5.1)

 

1.00

(reference)

0

Unhealthy lifestylesb

 None

7824

(93.5)

442

(5.4)

0.4785

-

-

-

 One

3575

(93.0)

181

(4.8)

 

-

-

-

 Two or three

4490

(93.0)

244

(5.2)

 

-

-

-

Medical care in past 6 months

 Without illness

4974

(97.0)

156

(3.0)

<0.0001

1.00

(reference)

0

 Illness with medical care

7409

(94.2)

453

(5.8)

 

1.83

(1.52–2.21)

2

 Illness without medical care

3506

(93.2)

258

(6.8)

 

2.69

(2.19–3.31)

4

  1. CHM Chinese herbal medicine, TCM traditional Chinese medicine
  2. aPhysicians/km2. bIncluding alcohol drinking, smoking and betel nut chewing. cAdjusted for all covariates in this table. dPredicted scores: 1.0 ≤ OR <1.5 predicted score = 1, 1.5 ≤ OR <2.0 predicted score = 2, 2.0 ≤ OR <2.5 predicted score = 3, 2.5 ≤ OR <3.0 predicted score = 4, 3.0 ≤ OR <3.5 predicted score = 5, 3.5 ≤ OR < 4.0 predicted score = 6