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

Table 2 Prevalence of Use of Alternative Providers, Products, and Practices and Logistic Regression Results for Each, by BMI Status, NHIS 2012 (N = 33,594)

	%	p-value¹	AOR	95% CI	p-value²
Providers	15.67
Under/Normal	17.10	<.0001	1.00
Overweight	15.55		0.95	(0.88, 1.04)	0.267
Obese	13.97		0.78	(0.71, 0.87)	<.0001
Products	19.22
Under/Normal	20.46	.0006	1.00
Overweight	18.88		0.89	(0.82, 0.97)	0.010
Obese	18.02		0.78	(0.71, 0.85)	<.0001
Practices	14.65
Under /Normal	18.94	<.0001	1.00
Overweight	12.94		0.78	(0.71, 0.86)	<.0001
Obese	11.19		0.59	(0.53, 0.65)	<.0001

Note: ¹ p-values for bivariate design-based F test. ² p-value for multivariate regressions. Results from 3 separate multivariate models that also included gender, age, race/ethnicity, nativity status, educational attainment, income, marital status, functional limitations, K6 score, number of chronic conditions, and number of health behaviors. All percentages and analyses are weighted, see text for additional information