TABLE 2.

—Illnesses That Were Significant Predictors of Visits to Specific Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practitioners in Multivariate Regression Modeling

	Illness/Proportion of Sufferers Using CAM, % (n)
Specific Therapy	Asthma, 10.3 (64)	Arthritis, 11.8 (71)	Anxiety, 12.3 (58)	Problems With Bowels, 16.1 (83)	Back Pain, 18.0 (248)	Indigestion, 12.3 (48)	Depression, 12.0 (70)	Diabetes, 6.2 (8)	Skin Problems, 9.8 (44)
Homeopathy	. . .	2.28 (1.05–4.93)	. . .	2.57 (1.13–5.84)	. . .	2.57 (1.13–5.84)	2.17 (1.07–4.41)	. . .	2.28 (1.07–4.89)
Herbalism	3.34 (1.40–7.99)	. . .	2.88 (1.06–7.82)	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Osteopathy/chiropractic	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	5.60 (4.35–7.21)	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Religious/spiritual healing	. . .	. . .	. . .	2.91 (1.45–5.83)	. . .	. . .	2.33 (1.13–4.71)	6.18 (2.03–18.85)	2.50 (1.07–5.87)
Acupuncture	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
“Other”	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .

Note. Odds ratio (OR) for illnesses that were significant predictors (P < .05) of visits to specific CAM practitioners. CI = 95% for OR (in parentheses). Ellipses indicate an illness is not a significant predictor of visits to specific CAM practitioners.