Table 4.

Factors related to GPs' recommendation and practice of CAM: results from multivariate analysis

Characteristics	CAM recommendation (*)					CAM practice (°)
	GPs		multivariate logistic model			GPs		multivariate logistic model
	no.	(%)	OR+	95% CI	p value	no.	(%)	OR+	95% CI	p value
Age
< 54	675	60.0	1.0		<0.001	148	13.0	1.0		0.016
≥ 54	187	52.7	0.7	0.5–0.8		46	12.8	0.7	0.5–0.9
Sex
male	602	55.7	1.0		<0.001	127	11.9	1.0		0.002
female	269	68.1	1.7	1.5–1.8		70	17.9	1.3	1.1–1.5
Veget./macrobiotic diet
no	759	57.2	1.0		0.021	174	13.0	1.0		0.012
yes	23	79.2	2.1	1.1–3.8		10	36.8	2.3	1.2–4.5
Physical activity
no	86	49.8	1.0		<0.001	25	14.6	1.0		0.707
yes	685	58.7	1.7	1.3–2.0		157	13.4	0.9	0.6–1.3
Certificated CAM training
no	709	54.1	1.0		<0.001	71	5.3	1.0		<0.001
yes	155	88.1	7.4	5.3–10.1		126	71.9	47.6	36.3–62.3
No. inhabitants in the area of medical practice
≤ 10.000	176	52.5	1.0		0.002	40	12.6	1.0		0.020
10.001 – 50.000	304	58.2	1.2	0.9–1.4		74	13.8	1.5	1.0–2.1
> 50.000	388	60.5	1.4	1.1–1.6		82	12.5	1.7	1.1–2.4

(*) sometimes or often vs never

(°) current vs never or in the past only

+ ORs are adjusted for all listed variables