Table 1.

CAM use according to demographic characteristics and disease involvement

	History of CAM use				Overall		P
	Present		Absent
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
Mean	21.42±7.56		21.50±5.6		21.44±7.12		0.771
Gender
Female	898	78.70	243	21.30	1141	72.60	0.000
Male	271	63.00	159	37.00	430	27.40
Marital status
Married	85	67.50	41	32.50	126	8.00	0.064
Single	1082	75.00	361	25.00	1443	92.00
Education level
None, literate, primary school, middle school	89	70.10	38	29.90	127	8.10	0.475
High school, college	470	74.50	161	25.50	631	40.40
Undergraduate, postgraduate	605	75.20	200	24.80	805	51.50
Income level*
300$ and below	174	74.00	61	26.00	235	15.30	0.102
300-650$	533	76.70	162	23.30	695	45.20
650-1,300$	332	72.80	124	27.20	456	29.70
above 1,300$	102	67.50	49	32.50	151	9.80
Acne severity classification according to FDA
Group 1	140	64.80	76	35.20	216	13.90	0.003
Group 2	422	73.80	150	26.20	572	36.70
Group 3	404	77.50	117	22.50	521	33.40
Group 4	193	77.20	57	22.80	250	16.00
CADI score
Mean	7.65±3.8		6.66±4.12		7.39±4.05		0.000
Disease duration (months)
Mean	53.7±39.7		53.91±48.45		53.75±42.07		0.058
Smoking status
Non-smoker	903	76.00	285	24.00	1188	83.60	0.035
Smoker	172	73.80	61	26.20	233	16.40
Smoking pack years	1.64±11.17		1.2±2.98		1.51±9.95		0.035
Alcohol consumption
None	954	75.20	315	24.80	1269	80.90	0.013
Regular	10	47.60	11	52.40	21	1.30
Social	203	72.80	76	27.20	279	17.80
Family history of AV
Absent	593	75.50	192	24.50	785	50.00	0.305
Present	576	73.30	210	26.70	786	50.00
Present	47	71.20	19	28.80	66	4.20

CADI, Cardiff Acne Disability Index. FDA, Food and Drug Administration CAM, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. *Income level was calculated based on the exchange rate at the time of the study