Table 6.

Distribution of various risk factors with use of alternative medicine among adult patient with non-communicable disease.

Variable	Category	Alternative medicine use present n (%) n=124	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	p	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p
Age in years	<60	78(62.9)	1.19(0.7-2.02)	0.513	1.12(0.61-2.07)	0.72
	≥60	46(37.1)
Sex	Male	72(58.1)	1.09(0.65-1.83)	0.74	0.94(0.51-1.71)	0.83
	Female	52(41.9)
Literacy status	≤ secondary	84(67.7)	0.62(0.35-1.12)	0.11	0.67(0.36-1.24)	0.20
	≥ graduation	40(32.3)
Occupation	Retired/ housewife/ others	67(54.0)	1.21(0.72-2.03)	0.47	1.09(0.57-2.11)	0.78
	Employed/ business/ agriculture	57(46.0)
Socioeconomic status	≤ middle class	20(16.1)	0.9(0.45-1.81)	0.79	0.99(0.48-2.03)	0.98
	≥ upper class	104(83.9)
Type of family	Nuclear	82(66.1)	0.88(0.51-1.53)	0.66	0.65(0.33-1.30)	0.22
	Extended	42(33.9)
Marital status	Married	99(79.8)	1.4(0.78-2.64)	0.24	0.79(3.74)	0.16
	Others	25(20.2)