Table 5.
Adjusted odds ratio (adjOR) with 95% confidence intervals (95%C.l.) from multivariate regression models for co-use of herbal remedies and conventional drugs.
| |
|
|
95% C.I. |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| adjOR | Lower | Upper | p-value A | ||
| Gender |
Female vs male |
2.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
0.043B |
| Age grouped |
Age < 30 vs: |
|
|
|
0.000B |
| -30-39 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
0.715 |
|
| -40-49 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.034B |
|
| -50-59 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
3.8 |
0.665 |
|
| -60-69 |
2.8 |
1.0 |
8.3 |
0.058 |
|
| ->70 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
9.3 |
0.023B |
|
| Reasons for herb use |
Treat an illness |
4.2 |
1.3 |
13.4 |
0.015B |
| Drugs |
Analgesics |
5.1 |
2.4 |
10.7 |
0.000B |
| Dermatological drugs |
7.9 |
2.0 |
30.8 |
0.003B |
|
| Adverse effects of the herbal remedy |
Yes vs No: |
37.5 |
2.8 |
503.4 |
0.006B |
| Polyherbacy | None or one herb vs >2 herbs: | 12.1 | 5.8 | 25.4 | 0.000B |
AP-value for multivariable logistic regression with co-use as the dependent variable. Analysed with regression analysis and Forward method in SPSS.
BSignificantly different with p < 0.05.