A dual continuum model of the reasons for use of complementary health approaches among overweight and obese adults: findings from the 2012 NHIS

Table 1 Demographic, Health, and Lifestyle Characteristics, All Adults, and by BMI Status, NHIS 2012 (N = 33,594)

	Total %	Under/normal %	Overweight %	Obese %	p-value
	100.00	36.87	34.55	28.58	p-value
Sex
Male	45.33	36.22	55.33	45.00	< 0.0001
Female	54.67	65.78	44.67	55.00	< 0.0001
Age
18–29 years old	19.20	26.96	15.43	13.76	< 0.0001
30–49 years old	32.89	30.73	32.77	35.82
50–64 years old	25.84	20.37	27.29	31.15
65+ years old	22.07	21.95	24.52	19.26
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	12.89	10.76	13.88	14.34	< 0.0001
NH-White	69.37	71.28	69.66	66.53
NH-Black	12.47	9.74	11.97	16.61
NH-Asian	4.50	7.60	3.74	1.41
NH-Other	0.80	0.62	0.74	1.11
Nativity
Born in US	84.52	82.86	83.25	88.21	< 0.0001
Foreign born	15.48	17.14	16.75	11.79	< 0.0001
Education attainment
High school and less	39.02	34.72	39.41	44.08	< 0.0001
Some college	31.74	31.34	30.77	33.42
College and above	29.25	33.94	29.82	22.50
Annual family income
$ 0–34,999	40.58	41.15	38.17	42.75	< 0.0001
$ 35,000-49,999	14.19	13.25	14.77	14.70
$ 50,000-74,999	16.92	16.37	16.99	17.53
$ 75,000-99,999	10.62	10.13	11.04	10.72
$ 100,000+	17.77	19.10	19.02	14.29
Marital status
Never married	24.10	29.11	20.52	21.97	< 0.0001
Married	43.96	39.68	47.39	45.34
Divorced/Widowed	25.95	24.98	26.29	26.79
Cohabiting	5.99	6.24	5.80	5.90
Functional limitation
Limited	37.39	30.18	35.06	49.51	< 0.0001
Not limited	62.61	69.82	64.94	50.49	< 0.0001
K6 scores
0–12	96.82	96.73	97.45	96.17	< 0.0001
13–24	3.18	3.27	2.55	3.83	< 0.0001
Number of chronic conditions
0	32.09	40.41	31.35	22.26	< 0.0001
1	20.98	22.76	21.04	18.63
2–3	25.20	21.81	26.35	28.18
4+	21.73	15.02	21.27	30.93
Healthy behavior index
0	5.82	6.49	5.32	5.54	< 0.0001
1	39.57	39.34	37.68	42.13
2	43.67	41.59	45.50	44.13
3	10.95	12.57	11.50	8.20

Notes: p-values for bivariate design-based F test. NH: Non-Hispanic. All percentages are weighted, see text for additional information

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