Nutraceutical Use among Patients with Chronic Disease Attending Outpatient Clinics in a Tertiary Hospital

Table 7

Factors associated with nutraceutical use (using multiple logistic regression).

Variable	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	x^2 (df)	value
Gender	1.941 (1.057, 3.564)	2.255 (1.208, 4.212)	4.682 (1)	0.011
Age in years	1.024 (1.001, 1.048)	1.015 (0.987, 1.044)	2.053	0.298
Race	1.179 (0.643, 2.162)		0.285 (1)	0.594
Marital status	1.162 (0.667, 2.025)		0.281 (1)	0.597
Education	1.224 (0.683, 2.196)		0.463 (1)	0.497
Work	1.111 (0.600, 2. 059)		0.112 (1)	0.738
Morbidities	1.948 (1.110, 3.420)	2.237 (1.255, 3.990)	5.511 (1)	0.006
Self-perceived health status	1.155 (0.382, 3.496)		<0.001 (1)	0.798
Knowledge	1.089 (0.620, 1.195)		0.089 (1)	0.766
Attitude	1.051 (0.603, 1.832)		0.031 (1)	0.860

Age found to be confounder in adjusted analysis.