Table 4.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use by NHL Type, Molecular Epidemiology Resource
| Total (N=719) |
DLBCL (N=207) |
FL (N=245) |
MCL (N=48) |
MZL (N=97) |
Other NHL (N=77) |
T-cell (N=45) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamins | ||||||||
| Any vitamin use | 557 (78%) | 157 (76%) | 190 (78%) | 40 (83%) | 76 (78%) | 59 (77%) | 35 (78%) | .93 |
| Herbal supplements | ||||||||
| Any herbal supplement use | 320 (45%) | 84 (41%) | 118 (48%) | 18 (38%) | 49 (51%) | 33 (43%) | 18 (40%) | .36 |
| Any herbal supplement use for cancer | 116 (16%) | 28 (14%) | 42 (17%) | 9 (19%) | 17 (18%) | 14 (18%) | 6 (13%) | .83 |
| Any herbal supplement use for other health issues | 284 (40%) | 76 (37%) | 105 (43%) | 15 (31%) | 45 (46%) | 28 (36%) | 15 (33%) | .29 |
| Therapies and techniques | ||||||||
| Any use | 389 (54%) | 112 (54%) | 132 (54%) | 28 (58%) | 54 (56%) | 37 (48%) | 26 (58%) | .87 |
| Any use for cancer | 132 (18%) | 40 (19%) | 42 (17%) | 15 (31%) | 11 (11%) | 12 (16%) | 12 (27%) | .04 |
| Any use for other health issues | 367 (51%) | 104 (50%) | 127 (52%) | 24 (50%) | 53 (55%) | 36 (47%) | 23 (51%) | .94 |
| Any CAM use | 636 (89%) | 178 (86%) | 223 (91%) | 44 (92%) | 84 (87%) | 67 (87%) | 40 (89%) | .83 |
Abbreviations: DLBCL, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; FL, Follicular lymphoma; MCL, Mantle cell lymphoma; MZL, Marginal zone lymphoma; T-Cell, T-cell lymphoma; NHL, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma