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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Oct;60(10):1342–1349. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.10.1342

Table 3. CAM use by Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites compared to African Americans.

Caribbean Black non-Hispanic White
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Model 1: Any CAM use, among those with any 12-month disorder (n=2,024)1 0.58 .31 - 1.1 0.094 1.95 1.5 - 2.5 <.001
Model 2: CAM use only, among those with any 12-month disorder (n=2,024)1 0.78 .40 - 1.5 0.461 1.55 1.1 - 2.2 0.015
Model 3: CAM use only, among CAM users with any 12-month disorder (n=681)1 1.33 .39 - 4.6 0.645 0.76 .48 - 1.2 0.256
Model 4: Any CAM use among those with a 12-month mood disorder (n=969)2 0.21 .07 - .62 0.004 2.27 1.6 - 3.2 <.001
Model 5: Any CAM use among those with a 12-month anxiety disorder (n=1,201)2 0.39 .14 - 1.1 0.072 1.70 1.3 - 2.4 0.002
Model 6: Any CAM use among those with a 12-month substance disorder (n=319)2 0.58 .04 - 8.1 0.685 1.48 .75 - 2.9 0.261
1

Models control for sex, age cohort, marital status, education, employment status, poverty index, insurance coverage, as well as severity, persistence, and type of disorder.

2

Models control for sex, age cohort, marital status, education, employment status, poverty index, insurance coverage, as well as severity and persistence of disorder.