Table 3.
Relationship of perceived risk to CAM use (n = 2184)*
| Total Pop (n = 2198) | No Perceived Risk* (n = 228) | Low Perceived Risk (n = 1616) | High Perceived Risk (n = 340) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (n) | Percent (%) | Number (n) | Percent (%) | Number (n) | Percent (%) | OR (95% CI) | Number (n) | Percent (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Any CAM modality | 1089 | 49.5 | 99 | 43.4 | 803 | 49.7 | 1.29 (0.97, 1.70) | 182 | 53.5 | 1.50 (1.07, 2.10) |
| Biologically-based | 933 | 42.4 | 83 | 36.4 | 695 | 43.0 | 1.32 (0.99, 1.76) | 151 | 44.4 | 1.40 (0.99, 1.97) |
| Soy products | 261 | 11.9 | 22 | 9.7 | 193 | 11.9 | 1.27 (0.80, 2.02) | 46 | 13.5 | 1.47 (0.86, 2.51) |
| Organic foods | 135 | 6.14 | 11 | 4.8 | 103 | 6.4 | 1.34 (0.71, 2.54) | 21 | 6.2 | 1.30 (0.61, 2.75) |
| Vitamins | 821 | 37.4 | 69 | 30.3 | 617 | 38.2 | 1.42 (1.05, 1.92) | 131 | 38.5 | 1.44 (1.01, 2.06) |
| Herbal supplements | 171 | 7.8 | 14 | 6.1 | 133 | 8.2 | 1.37 (0.78, 2.42) | 23 | 6.8 | 1.11 (0.56, 2.20) |
| Mind-body or body based | 604 | 27.5 | 52 | 22.8 | 439 | 27.2 | 1.26 (0.91, 1.75) | 109 | 32.1 | 1.60 (1.09, 2.35) |
| Yoga/meditation | 103 | 4.7 | 7 | 3.1 | 82 | 5.1 | 1.69 (0.77, 3.70) | 14 | 4.1 | 1.36 (0.54, 3.41) |
| Relaxation/massage | 155 | 7.1 | 11 | 4.8 | 114 | 7.1 | 1.50 (0.79, 2.83) | 30 | 8.8 | 1.91 (0.94, 3.89) |
| Chiropractic | 121 | 5.5 | 12 | 5.3 | 93 | 5.8 | 1.10 (0.59, 2.04) | 16 | 4.7 | 0.89 (0.41, 1.92) |
| Prayer/spirituality | 472 | 21.5 | 41 | 18.0 | 348 | 21.5 | 1.25 (0.88, 1.79) | 79 | 23.2 | 1.38 (0.91, 2.10) |
*
Information about both CAM use and self-reported perceived risk was available on n = 2184 subjects; the differences between the total number of subjects and frequencies shown in the table are due to missing data.
*
Perception of no risk serves as the reference group for each comparison.