Table 5
Multivariate predictors of veterans’ use of CIH approaches or chiropractic care, Oct. 2018–Sept. 2019: part 1 (n=5,260,921)
Any activity Chiropractic care Acupuncture-traditional Battlefield acupuncture Massage therapy Meditation RR (CI) RR (CI) RR (CI) RR (CI) RR (CI) RR (CI) Gender Male -- -- -- -- -- -- Female 1.35(1.34, 1.36) 1.25(1.23, 1.26) 1.52(1.49, 1.54) 1.61(1.56, 1.66) 1.44(1.40, 1.48) 1.49(1.42, 1.55) Age 18–39 -- -- -- -- -- -- 40–49 1.03(1.02, 1.04) 0.94(0.92, 0.95) 1.23(1.21, 1.26) 1.23(1.18, 1.29) 1.07(1.04, 1.11) 1.18(1.11, 1.25) 50–59 0.88(0.87, 0.89) 0.69(0.68, 0.70) 1.15(1.13, 1.18) 1.22(1.17, 1.27) 0.91(0.88, 0.94) 1.43(1.35, 1.51) 60–69 0.67(0.67, 0.68) 0.45(0.45, 0.46) 0.94(0.92, 0.96) 0.99(0.95, 1.04) 0.67(0.65, 0.69) 1.34(1.27, 1.42) 70 + 0.47(0.46, 0.47) 0.27(0.26, 0.27) 0.75(0.73, 0.76) 0.76(0.72, 0.79) 0.49(0.47, 0.51) 0.87(0.81, 0.92) Race White -- -- -- -- -- -- Black 0.74(0.74, 0.75) 0.60(0.59, 0.61) 0.76(0.74, 0.77) 0.75(0.72, 0.77) 0.65(0.63, 0.67) 1.08(1.04, 1.12) Other 1.28(1.26, 1.30) 1.31(1.28, 1.34) 1.49(1.45, 1.53) 0.77(0.72, 0.84) 1.48(1.42, 1.55) 0.86(0.78, 0.95) Unknown 0.96(0.94, 0.97) 0.93(0.91, 0.95) 1.00(0.98, 1.03) 0.87(0.82, 0.92) 1.01(0.96, 1.05) 0.90(0.84, 0.98) Ethnicity Not Hispanic Latino -- -- -- -- -- -- Hispanic Latino 0.99(0.97, 1.00) 0.89(0.88, 0.91) 1.06(1.03, 1.08) 0.74(0.70, 0.78) 1.19(1.15, 1.23) 1.08(1.01, 1.15) Unknown 0.85(0.83, 0.88) 0.85(0.82, 0.89) 0.85(0.82, 0.89) 0.82(0.74, 0.91) 0.89(0.82, 0.96) 0.82(0.71, 0.94) Urban Yes -- -- -- -- -- -- No 1.02(1.01, 1.03) 1.21(1.19, 1.22) 0.86(0.85, 0.87) 1.22(1.19, 1.26) 0.95(0.93, 0.98) 0.69(0.66, 0.73) Unknown 1.20(1.17, 1.24) 0.70(0.66, 0.74) 0.39(0.36, 0.42) 0.52(0.44, 0.62) 5.78(5.55, 6.02) 0.21(0.15, 0.28) Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain No -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes 3.59(3.56, 3.61) 3.25(3.22, 3.28) 5.13(5.06, 5.20) 5.61(5.46, 5.76) 3.91(3.82, 3.99) 2.25(2.17, 2.32) Anxiety No -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes 1.17(1.16, 1.18) 1.08(1.07, 1.10) 1.17(1.16, 1.19) 1.36(1.32, 1.40) 1.10(1.07, 1.13) 1.90(1.83, 1.98) Depression No -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes 1.20(1.19, 1.21) 1.03(1.02, 1.04) 1.23(1.21, 1.25) 1.49(1.45, 1.53) 1.07(1.04, 1.10) 2.19(2.11, 2.28) PTSD No -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes 1.37(1.36, 1.38) 1.25(1.23, 1.26) 1.43(1.41, 1.45) 1.40(1.36, 1.44) 1.34(1.31, 1.37) 2.17(2.09, 2.25) Diabetes No -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes 0.98(0.98, 0.99) 0.94(0.93, 0.96) 0.98(0.96, 0.99) 1.05(1.03, 1.09) 1.01(0.99, 1.04) 1.09(1.05, 1.14) Obesity No -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes 1.17(1.16, 1.18) 1.12(1.10, 1.13) 1.17(1.16, 1.19) 1.28(1.24, 1.31) 1.17(1.14, 1.20) 1.52(1.46, 1.57) Cardiovascular Disease No -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes 0.90(0.89, 0.91) 0.87(0.86, 0.88) 0.89(0.88, 0.90) 1.02(0.99, 1.05) 0.90(0.88, 0.92) 1.00(0.97, 1.04) RR rate ratio, CI 95% confidence interval