TABLE 4—

Adjusted Odds Ratios of CAM Use Among Women, by Racial/Ethnic Group

	African American, AOR (95% CI)	Mexican American, AOR (95% CI)	Chinese American, AOR (95% CI)
Any CAMa	0.61*** (0.49, 0.74)	0.78 (0.61, 1.00)	0.72* (0.53, 0.96)
See CAM practitioner	0.59** (0.44, 0.80)	0.82 (0.58, 1.16)	1.89** (1.22, 2.90)
Vitamins/nutritional supplements	0.82 (0.60, 1.10)	0.51*** (0.35, 0.74)	0.10*** (0.06, 0.17)
Medicinal herbs and teas	1.35 (0.99, 1.84)	1.94*** (1.35, 2.80)	0.60* (0.38, 0.94)
Chiropractic care	0.37*** (0.26, 0.54)	0.58* (0.38, 0.88)	0.52* (0.31, 0.89)
Mind/body practices	0.51** (0.34, 0.75)	0.52* (0.32, 0.86)	1.26 (0.64, 2.47)
Special diets	1.07 (0.63, 1.84)	1.19 (0.64, 2.24)	0.36* (0.16, 0.85)
Acupuncture	0.51 (0.23, 1.12)	0.99 (0.44, 2.27)	1.16 (0.78, 1.74)
Manual therapies	0.71 (0.50, 1.02)	3.29* (1.33, 8.09)	1.22 (0.73, 2.02)

Note. CAM = complementary and alternative medicine; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. All odds ratios presented adjust for the following covariates: age, education, income, receipt of public assistance, employment status, birthplace, health insurance status, self-assessed health status, and visit to a medical doctor in the past year. The reference category was non-Hispanic Whites.

^a This analysis was conducted on the whole sample. All other analyses in this table were conducted on CAM users.

* P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.