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. 2014 Sep 25;14:360. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-360

Table 3.

Type of CAM Products used by Individuals

Type of CAM product Number (%) of products used by respondents*
Other supplement** 82 (31.2%)
Kampo 77 (29.3%)
Energy or nutritional drink 38 (14.4%)
Vitamin 30 (11.4%)
Other Herb 12 (4.6%)
Dropped*** 24 (9.1%)

*Denominator is 263, the total number of products listed by respondents.

**Examples of other supplements include calcium, iron, omega 3, and mixtures.

***Reason for dropping: pharmaceutical (n = 11), topical (n = 7), food (n = 2), inadequate information (n = 2), not applicable (n = 2).