Table 2.
Relationship of familial risk to CAM use (n = 1869)*
| Total Pop (n = 2198) | Average Risk** (n = 920) | Moderate Risk (n = 682) | High Risk (n = 267) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (n) | Percent (%) | Number (n) | Percent (%) | Number (n) | Percent (%) | OR (95% CI) | Number (n) | Percent (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Any CAM modality | 1089 | 49.5 | 444 | 48.3 | 333 | 48.8 | 1.02 (0.84, 1.25) | 145 | 54.3 | 1.27 (0.97, 1.67) |
| Biologically-based | 933 | 42.4 | 378 | 41.1 | 295 | 43.3 | 1.09 (0.89, 1.34) | 122 | 45.7 | 1.21 (0.92, 1.59) |
| Soy products | 261 | 11.9 | 113 | 12.3 | 87 | 12.8 | 1.04 (0.77, 1.41) | 24 | 9.0 | 0.71 (0.44, 1.12) |
| Organic foods | 135 | 6.14 | 51 | 5.5 | 52 | 7.6 | 1.41 (0.94, 2.10) | 16 | 6.0 | 1.09 (0.61, 1.94) |
| Vitamins | 821 | 37.4 | 332 | 36.1 | 256 | 37.5 | 1.06 (0.87, 1.31) | 111 | 41.6 | 1.26 (0.95, 1.66) |
| Herbal supplements | 171 | 7.8 | 59 | 6.4 | 66 | 9.7 | 1.56 (1.08, 2.26) | 18 | 6.7 | 1.06 (0.61, 1.82) |
| Mind-body or body based | 604 | 27.5 | 238 | 25.9 | 184 | 27.0 | 1.06 (0.85, 1.33) | 86 | 32.2 | 1.36 (1.01, 1.83) |
| Yoga/meditation | 103 | 4.7 | 39 | 4.2 | 39 | 5.7 | 1.37 (0.87, 2.16) | 8 | 3.0 | 0.70 (0.32, 1.51) |
| Relaxation/massage | 155 | 7.1 | 58 | 6.3 | 52 | 7.6 | 1.23 (0.83, 1.81) | 16 | 6.0 | 0.95 (0.54,1.68) |
| Chiropractic | 121 | 5.5 | 39 | 4.2 | 50 | 7.3 | 1.79 (1.16, 2.75) | 11 | 4.1 | 0.97 (0.49, 1.92) |
| Prayer/spirituality | 472 | 21.5 | 193 | 21.0 | 134 | 19.7 | 0.92 (0.72, 1.18) | 73 | 27.3 | 1.42 (1.04, 1.94) |
*
Information about both CAM use and familial risk, defined by family history, was available on n = 1869 subjects; the differences between the total number of subjects and frequencies shown in the table are due to missing data.
**
Average risk serves as the reference group for each comparison.