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Table 3.

Relative Hazard of Breast Cancer-Specific and All-Cause Death by Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use

	Death due to breast cancer					Death due to any cause
	Model 1^a			Model 2^b		Model 1^a			Model 2^b
	n₁^c	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	n₂^c	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Any CAM use
Never	31	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	145	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Ever	58	1.61	1.01-2.56	1.47	0.91-2.36	157	0.94	0.73-1.22	0.82	0.63-1.06
Specific CAM
None	31	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	145	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Body	0	∼	∼	∼	∼	1	0.71	0.10-5.13	0.48	0.07-3.49
Mind	15	1.12	0.59-2.11	1.05	0.55-2.00	65	0.90	0.66-1.24	0.82	0.59-1.14
Nature	11	2.23	1.05-4.70	1.95	0.91-4.17	19	0.90	0.66-1.24	0.70	0.42-1.17
Energy	5	3.19	1.17-8.75	3.01	1.06-8.52	9	1.50	0.74-3.04	1.31	0.64-2.71
WMS	27	1.75	0.99-3.09	1.07	0.58-1.96	63	0.97	0.70-1.36	0.82	0.58-1.16

^{^a}

Model 1: adjusted for age and TNM stage; study and ethnicity as strata variables.

^{^b}

Model 2: adjusted for Model 1+education, heart disease, diabetes, surgery, chemotherapy, and year of diagnosis; study and ethnicity as strata variables.

^{^c}

n₁, number of breast cancer deaths; n₂, number of deaths.

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.