Table 2.

Multivariable Logistic Regression Predicting Recommendations for Selected Complementary Health Approaches: United States, 2012

Physician characteristics	Any CHA	p	Massage therapy	p	Chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation	p
	aOR (95% CI)		aOR (95% CI)		aOR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	1.00		1.00		1.00
Female	1.56 (1.25–1.95)	0.0001	1.76 (1.40–2.20)	0.0000	1.17 (0.91–1.50)	0.2276
Age
<45 Years	1.00		1.00		1.00
45–54 Years	0.94 (0.74–1.19)	0.5865	0.96 (0.73–1.25)	0.7417	1.03 (0.78–1.38)	0.8156
55–64 Years	0.92 (0.72–1.17)	0.4789	0.89 (0.68–1.16)	0.4012	0.95 (0.72–1.27)	0.7500
≥65 Years	0.75 (0.56–1.01)	0.0601	0.65 (0.46–0.92)	0.0154	0.85 (0.58–1.22)	0.3720
Race
White	1.00		1.00		1.00
Asian	0.84 (0.63–1.13)	0.2505	1.02 (0.73–1.42)	0.9104	0.76 (0.52–1.13)	0.1756
Other	0.69 (0.47–1.00)	0.0480	0.86 (0.58–1.29)	0.4687	0.77 (0.50–1.20)	0.2472
Specialty
Gen/Fam	1.00		1.00		1.00
Internal	0.63 (0.44–0.90)	0.0120	0.79 (0.55–1.14)	0.2140	0.71 (0.49–1.02)	0.0633
Psychiatry	0.51 (0.34–0.78)	0.0000	0.34 (0.22–0.52)	0.0000	0.13 (0.07–0.23)	0.0000
OB/GYN	0.47 (0.31–0.71)	0.0003	0.53 (0.35–0.79)	0.0021	0.38 (0.24–0.60)	0.0000
Pediatrics	0.29 (0.21–0.41)	0.0017	0.24 (0.16–0.36)	0.0000	0.26 (0.18–0.38)	0.0000
Other	0.22 (0.17–0.28)	0.0000	0.23 (0.18–0.30)	0.0000	0.19 (0.14–0.24)	0.0000
Type of physician
MD	1.00		1.00		1.00
DO	1.78 (1.25–2.54)	0.0014	1.57 (1.09–2.26)	0.0159	3.13 (2.18–4.49)	0.0000
Location of medical school
United States	1.00		1.00		1.00
Foreign	0.93 (0.73–1.17)	0.5353	0.77 (0.58–1.02)	0.0729	0.80 (0.59–1.08)	0.1501
MSA status
MSA	1.00		1.00		1.00
Non-MSA	0.89 (0.69–1.15)	0.3830	0.99 (0.75–1.32)	0.9566	1.25 (0.92–1.68)	0.1505
U.S. Census region
Northeast	0.63 (0.47–0.84)	0.0015	0.64 (0.47–0.88)	0.0058	0.74 (0.52–1.03)	0.0778
Midwest	0.47 (0.36–0.61)	0.0000	0.59 (0.44–0.78)	0.0002	0.73 (0.54–0.99)	0.0407
South	0.38 (0.30–0.49)	0.0000	0.50 (0.38–0.66)	0.0000	0.52 (0.39–0.71)	0.0000
West	1.00		1.00		1.00