Table 4.

Logistic Regression Showing Variables Independently Associated With Prayer for Health in the Past 12 Months (total n=31,044)

	Odds Ratio	95% CI
Female*	1.71	1.59–1.85
Black	2.89	2.58–3.24
Mixed race	1.90	1.56–2.32
White	1.00
South*	1.78	1.59–1.99
Midwest*	1.39	1.24–1.56
Northeast	1.00
Married	1.38	1.23–1.54
Widowed	1.37	1.17–1.60
Divorced/separated	1.24	1.08–1.42
Single	1.00
Age >58	1.10	1.01–1.23
Age 39–58	1.00
Age <39	0.87	0.81–0.94
Cardiovascular	1.39	1.27–1.52
Diabetes	1.30	1.12–1.50
Depression	1.65	1.50–1.83
Arthritis	1.42	1.29–1.56
Cancer	1.50	1.30–1.73
CAM use in past year	1.68	1.56–1.81

CI—confidence interval

CAM—complementary and alternative medicine

^*Odds ratios for regional and gender variables also reported in Bell et al,³ using different regression model.