From: Health behaviors and risk factors in those who use complementary and alternative medicine
Characteristic | % of Sample | % of group using CAM in last 12 months | UORa | 99% CIb | AORc | 99% CIb |
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Leisure-time physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No activity | 37.9 | 23.1 | 1.00 | . | 1.00 | . |
   Some activity | 30.2 | 41.0 | 2.31 | 2.10–2.54 | 1.73 | 1.56–1.92 |
   Regular activity | 31.9 | 46.8 | 2.92 | 2.66–3.21 | 2.38 | 2.14–2.65 |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Never smoked | 54.9 | 35.2 | 1.00 | . | 1.00 | . |
   Former smoker | 22.6 | 40.6 | 1.28 | 1.17–1.40 | 1.13 | 1.01–1.26 |
   Current smoker | 22.5 | 34.8 | 1.02 | 0.93–1.11 | 1.03 | 0.92–1.16 |
Drinking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Lifetime abstainer | 22.3 | 24.5 | 1.00 | . | 1.00 | . |
   Former drinker | 15.2 | 33.9 | 1.58 | 1.40–1.79 | 1.21 | 1.04–1.42 |
   Infrequent drinker | 31.2 | 41.6 | 2.19 | 1.97–2.44 | 1.43 | 1.26–1.61 |
   Light drinker | 21.4 | 42.4 | 2.27 | 2.02–2.56 | 1.59 | 1.38–1.83 |
   Moderate drinker | 6.0 | 39.7 | 2.03 | 1.72–2.40 | 1.50 | 1.21–1.85 |
   Heavy drinker | 3.4 | 32.9 | 1.51 | 1.21–1.89 | 1.25 | 0.97–1.60 |
Body mass index | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Underweight | 2.0 | 33.6 | 0.83 | 0.64–1.10 | 0.84 | 0.61–1.17 |
   Healthy weight | 39.4 | 37.8 | 1.00 | . | 1.00 | . |
   Overweight | 35.0 | 35.9 | 0.92 | 0.85–1.00 | 0.97 | 0.88–1.06 |
   Obese | 23.5 | 35.0 | 0.89 | 0.81–0.98 | 0.83 | 0.74–0.93 |
Flu shot in past 12 months | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 28.0 | 37.2 | 1.06 | 0.98–1.15 | 0.95 | 0.86–1.05 |
   No | 72.0 | 35.8 | 1.00 | . | 1.00 | . |