Chiropractic Use in the Medicare Population: Prevalence, Patterns, and Associations with One-Year Changes in Health and Satisfaction with Care

doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.08.003

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J Manipulative Physiol Ther. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Oct 1.

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J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Oct; 37(8): 542–551.

Published online 2014 Sep 16. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.08.003

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Table 4

Adjusted Odds Ratios (AORs) of chiropractic effect on decline in function and health

Adjusted Odds Ratios (AORs)	ADL	Lifting	Reaching	Stooping	Walking	Self-Rated Health	Worse Comparative Health

Not adjusted for potential selection bias	0.78	0.75	0.90	0.82	0.80	0.81	0.74
p-value	<.0001	<.0001	0.05	0.0001	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001
Adjusted for potential selection bias	0.77	0.76	0.88	0.82	0.81	0.80	0.75
p-value	<.0001	<.0001	0.03	0.0002	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001

Note: Modeling ‘Decline’ relative to ‘No Decline’ on functional and self-rated health outcomes, and ‘Worse Comparative Health’ relative to ‘Same’ or ‘Better’.