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Table 4 Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of factors independently associated with the use of CAM, stratified by no coronary heart disease (CHD) but family risk group

From: Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use among people with coronary heart disease or at risk for this in the sixth Tromsø study: a comparative analysis using protection motivation theory

 

CHD (n = 466)*

No CHD but family risk (n = 3360)*

No CHD nor family risk (n = 3838)*

 

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Age

0.98

0.96–1.01

0.235

0.99

0.98–0.99

0.013

1.00

0.99–1.00

0.430

Sexa)

 2.23

1.18

0.72–1.92

0.517

2.30

1.96–2.70

2.23

2.23

1.92–2.59

< 0.001

Marital statusa)

 1.00

1.00

---

0.319

1.00

---

1.00

1.00

---

0.488

 0.99

0.76

0.28–2.07

0.594

1.07

0.72–1.61

0.99

0.99

0.66–1.48

0.941

 1.03

0.66

0.32–1.36

0.261

1.14

0.80–1.64

1.03

1.03

0.71–1.50

0.861

 1.0

1.13

0.50–2.57

0.766

1.12

0.76–1.66

1.0

1.0

0.79–1.77

0.408

Incomea)

 1.0

1.0

---

0.597

1.0

---

1.0

1.0

---

0.313

 1.17

1.56

0.62–3.51

0.325

1.07

0.85–1.66

1.17

1.17

0.91–1.52

0.220

 1.13

1.46

0.67–3.21

0.344

1.27

0.39–0.92

1.13

1.13

0.95–1.34

0.156

Self-rated health

0.72

0.52–0.99

0.044

0.78

0.69–0.88

0.000

0.80

0.72–0.90

< 0.001

Health behavior index

1.12

1.05–1.20

0.001

1.12

1.09–1.14

0.000

1.10

1.07–1.12

0.001

Preventive health beliefs

1.00

0.85–1.17

0.971

1.09

1.01–1.17

0.019

1.07

1.00–1.14

0.056

Future health beliefs

0.99

0.84–1.18

0.944

0.91

0.85–0.98

0.008

0.90

0.85–0.96

0.002

  1. * Note: N’s adjusted by list wise deletion. a)Reference categories were male, single and low income