Table 2
Characteristics and Unadjusted Associations of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use
| Variable | Study Population n = 1,305 | CAM Use n = 485 (37.2%) | p value† | ||
| Number | % | Number | %* | ||
| Gender | <0.01 | ||||
| Male | 1,009 | 77.3 | 338 | 33.5 | |
| Female | 296 | 22.7 | 147 | 49.7 | |
| Age (years) | 0.99 | ||||
| 18–24 | 300 | 23.0 | 114 | 38.0 | |
| 25–31 | 359 | 27.5 | 133 | 37.1 | |
| 32–38 | 345 | 26.4 | 126 | 36.5 | |
| 39–57 | 301 | 23.1 | 112 | 37.2 | |
| Marital status | 0.04 | ||||
| Unmarried | 531 | 40.7 | 215 | 40.5 | |
| Married | 774 | 59.3 | 270 | 34.9 | |
| Rank | <0.01 | ||||
| Enlisted | 1,009 | 77.3 | 356 | 35.3 | |
| Officer | 296 | 22.7 | 129 | 43.6 | |
| Service branch | <0.01 | ||||
| Navy | 949 | 72.7 | 361 | 38.0 | |
| Navy, Reserve/Guard | 72 | 5.5 | 37 | 30.6 | |
| Marines | 284 | 21.8 | 87 | 51.4 | |
| Occupational category | 0.06 | ||||
| Combat specialists | 285 | 21.8 | 107 | 37.5 | |
| Mechanical repair | 216 | 16.6 | 72 | 35.3 | |
| Administrative | 220 | 16.9 | 79 | 45.6 | |
| Electrical repair | 184 | 14.1 | 65 | 38.3 | |
| Communications and intelligence | 90 | 6.9 | 41 | 65.2 | |
| Health care | 128 | 9.8 | 49 | 35.9 | |
| Supply | 78 | 6.0 | 22 | 33.3 | |
| Craft workers | 33 | 2.5 | 13 | 39.4 | |
| Technical | 23 | 1.8 | 15 | 28.2 | |
| Students/trainees | 48 | 3.7 | 22 | 45.8 | |
| Education level | 0.02 | ||||
| Some high school or diploma | 339 | 26.0 | 105 | 31.0 | |
| Some college | 611 | 46.8 | 235 | 38.5 | |
| College degree or higher | 355 | 27.2 | 145 | 40.9 | |
| Race/ethnicity | <0.01 | ||||
| White | 871 | 66.7 | 355 | 40.8 | |
| Black | 183 | 14.0 | 55 | 24.4 | |
| Hispanic | 119 | 9.1 | 29 | 30.1 | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 84 | 6.4 | 28 | 33.3 | |
| Other | 48 | 3.7 | 18 | 37.5 | |
| Salary | 0.49 | ||||
| <$19,999 | 245 | 18.8 | 90 | 36.7 | |
| $20,000–$34,999 | 365 | 28.0 | 129 | 35.3 | |
| $35,000–$49,999 | 275 | 21.1 | 96 | 34.9 | |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 249 | 19.1 | 98 | 39.4 | |
| ≥$75,000 | 171 | 13.1 | 72 | 42.1 | |
| General health | 0.19 | ||||
| Very good or excellent | 911 | 69.8 | 327 | 46.6 | |
| Good | 336 | 25.8 | 131 | 39.0 | |
| Poor or fair | 58 | 4.4 | 27 | 35.9 | |
| Number of days spent in bed due to illness or injury in past year (sick days) | <0.01 | ||||
| None | 622 | 47.7 | 203 | 32.6 | |
| 1–2 | 435 | 33.3 | 165 | 37.9 | |
| 3–7 | 181 | 13.9 | 81 | 44.8 | |
| ≥8 | 67 | 5.1 | 36 | 53.7 | |
| Body pain in past 4 weeks | <0.01 | ||||
| None/very mild | 763 | 58.5 | 256 | 33.6 | |
| Mild | 306 | 23.5 | 111 | 36.3 | |
| Moderate/severe | 236 | 18.1 | 118 | 50.0 | |
| Level of satisfaction with physician | <0.01 | ||||
| Very | 607 | 46.5 | 198 | 44.2 | |
| Somewhat | 510 | 39.1 | 204 | 40.0 | |
| Not very or not at all | 188 | 14.4 | 83 | 32.6 | |
| Level of trust in physician | 0.12 | ||||
| Completely or a lot | 680 | 52.1 | 261 | 38.4 | |
| Some | 395 | 30.3 | 131 | 33.2 | |
| Little or not at all | 230 | 17.6 | 93 | 40.4 | |
| Addiction to alcohol or drugs in the last year | 0.16 | ||||
| No | 1,286 | 98.5 | 475 | 36.9 | |
| Yes | 19 | 1.5 | 10 | 52.6 | |
| Obesity in the last year | 0.29 | ||||
| No | 1,243 | 95.2 | 458 | 36.9 | |
| Yes | 62 | 4.8 | 27 | 43.6 | |