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 (𝑁=23,393)	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)***

* 𝑃<.05, **𝑃<.01, ***𝑃<.001.