Research Article
Acupuncture Use among American Adults: What Acupuncture Practitioners Can Learn from National Health Interview Survey 2007?
Table 2
Weighted multinomial logistic regression of sociodemographic characteristics of recent and former acupuncture user versus nonusers.
| Sociodemographics (,393) | Relative Risk Ratios (95% CI) | Relative Risk Ratios (95% CI) | Recent users | Former users |
| Age (18–40) | | | 41–64 | 1.76 (1.29–2.41)*** | 2.21 (1.79–2.74)*** | 65+ | 0.96 (.61–1.52) | 2.39 (1.87–3.05)*** | Female | 1.83 (1.39–2.41)*** | 1.29 (1.10–1.52)** | Hispanic origin | .90 (.57–1.42) | .90 (.69–1.17) | Race (White) | | | Black | .45 (.25–.82)* | .53 (.41–.67)*** | Asian | 1.56 (1.00–2.45) | 1.52 (1.13–2.03)** | Other | .60 (.26–1.40) | 1.42 (.91–2.24) | US citizen | 1.34 (1.09–1.65)** | 1.04 (.89–1.23) | US born | 0.80 (.56–1.16) | .83 (.65–1.04) | Education (<12 years) | | | HS graduate | 2.05 (1.06–3.95)* | 1.84 (1.38–2.48)*** | Some college | 4.22 (2.23–8.01)*** | 2.93 (2.19–3.91)*** | College above | 6.85 (3.65–12.88)*** | 3.86 (2.91–5.11)*** | Health status poor to good | 1.07 (1.03–1.09)*** | 1.05 (1.03–1.07)*** | Not married | 1.00 (.99–1.02) | 1.00 (.99–1.01) | Region (Northeast) | | | North central/midwest | .59 (.38–.93)* | .95 (.73–1.23) | South | .76 (.52–1.11) | .88 (.70–1.11) | West | 1.55 (1.08–2.23)* | 1.77 (4.43–2.19)*** |
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