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Table 3 Patient characteristics

From: Cancer patients’ use of complementary and alternative medicine in Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Patient characteristics

Patients % (n)

CAM user % (n)

No CAM user % (n)

Spearman’s correlation coefficient, rs

p-value

Age in years

   

−0.25a

< 0.01

 <  30

2 (12)

2 (4)

1 (8)

  

 30–49

17 (130)

30 (59)

13 (71)

  

 50–69

46 (344)

46 (91)

45 (253)

  

 > 70

31 (234)

16 (32)

36 (202)

  

 Unknown

5 (35)

6 (12)

4 (23)

  

 Total

101 (755)

100 (198)

100 (557)

  

Sex

   

0.22b

< 0.01

 Women

64 (484)

80 (158)

59 (326)

  

 Men

34 (259)

17 (34)

40 (225)

  

 Unknown

2 (12)

3 (6)

1 (6)

  

 Total

100 (755)

100 (198)

100 (557)

  

Diagnosis

     

 Breast cancer

38 (285)

51 (101)

33 (184)

  

 Urogenital cancer

18 (138)

8 (16)

22 (122)

  

 Gastrointestinal cancer

14 (103)

9 (18)

15 (85)

  

 Gynecological cancer

12 (92)

16 (31)

11 (61)

  

 Head, neck, lung or skin cancer

12 (92)

11 (21)

13 (71)

  

 Sarcoma

0 (2)

1 (1)

0 (1)

  

 Unknown

6 (43)

5 (10)

6 (33)

  

 Total

100 (755)

100 (198)

100 (557)

  

Highest education

   

0.14c

< 0.01

 Elementary school

18 (137)

8 (16)

22 (121)

  

 High school

31 (233)

31 (62)

31 (171)

  

 College/University

49 (368)

57 (112)

46 (256)

  

 Unknown

2 (17)

4 (8)

2 (9)

  

 Total

100 (755)

100 (198)

100 (557)

  
  1. ars calculated using age as a continuous variable; brs calculated with a positive correlation for women; crs calculated using 4 categories with increased value for higher highest education