Table 4.

Association of demographic, socioeconomic and health related characteristics with choices for Chinese medicine consultation and OTC medications

	Used Chinese OTC medications only Adjusted Odds Ratio (95%CI)	P values	Choice between Chinese medicine practitioner consultations and Chinese OTCmedications Adjusted Odds Ratios (95%CI)	P values
Gender
Female	Reference		Reference
Male	1.70 (1.49, 1.93)	< 0.001	0.94 (0.81, 1.10)	NS
Age
15-29	Reference		Reference
30-39	0.98 (0.79, 1.23)	NS	1.18 (0.89, 1.56)	NS
40-49	1.10 (0.87, 1.37)	NS	1.57 (1.19, 2.08)	0.002
50-59	1.18 (0.92, 1.49)	NS	1.49 (1.11, 2.01)	0.009
60-69	1.40 (1.06, 1.86)	0.020	2.08 (1.48, 2.92)	< 0.001
70 or above	1.75 (1.30, 2.35)	< 0.001	1.98 (1.38, 2.84)	< 0.001
Education level
Below Primary	Reference		Reference
Primary	0.66 (0.52, 0.85)	0.001	0.94 (0.71, 1.26)	NS
Secondary	0.69 (0.53, 0.89)	0.004	0.85 (0.64, 1.15)	NS
Tertiary	0.49 (0.36, 0.66)	< 0.001	0.72 (0.51, 1.03)	NS
Marital status
Currently married	Reference		Reference
Not currently married	1.09 (0.95, 1.26)	NS	1.06 (0.90, 1.26)	NS
Self reported health
Poor	Reference		Reference
Good/fair	1.38 (1.06, 1.81)	0.020	0.96 (0.70, 1.33)	NS
Excellent/very good	1.28 (1.04, 1.58)	0.022	1.22 (0.96, 1.55)	NS
Self reported chronic disease status
No	Reference		Reference:
Yes	1.05 (0.90, 1.23)	NS	1.28 (1.08, 1.53)	0.007
Drinking habit
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.86 (0.72, 1.04)	NS	1.06 (0.85, 1.31)	NS
Current smoker
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	1.20 (1.01, 1.42)	0.034	1.12 (0.92, 1.38)	NS
Moderate exercise >= 2.5 hours/week
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.82 (0.73, 0.93)	0.002	0.93 (0.80, 1.08)	NS
Possession of western medicine insurance (%)
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.87 (0.76, 1.01)	NS	0.83 (0.69, 0.99)	0.038
Possession of Chinese medicine insurance (%)
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.52 (0.42, 0.65)	< 0.001	0.93 (0.73, 1.19)	NS
Monthly personal income (for every increment of HK$ 1000, or US$ 128.2)	0.98 (0.98, 0.99)	< 0.001	1.00 (0.99, 1.00)	NS

NS: Statistically non-significant (p > 0.05)