Age, chronic non-communicable disease and choice of traditional Chinese and western medicine outpatient services in a Chinese population

Table 2 Multinomial logistic regression: Demographic factors, healthcare-related factors, and use of TCM as a complement or alternative to WM

		Consulted TCM practitioners only	Consulted both TCM practitioners and WM doctors
Gender	Female	1.221 (1.028, 1.450)*	1.742 (1.603, 1.893)***
	Primary or below (ref.)	1.00	1.00
Education	Secondary	1.043 (0.833, 1.307)	0.927 (0.832, 1.033)
	Tertiary	1.352 (0.987, 1.852)	1.009 (0.867, 1.176)
Personal monthly income	With each increment of HK$1000	0.997 (0.988, 1.005)	1.007 (1.003, 1.010)***
Insurance	With WM insurance	0.784 (0.624, 0.985)*	0.948 (0.852, 1.054)
	With TCM insurance	1.165 (0.806, 1.684)	2.029 (1.750, 2.351)***
Age	With increment of 1 year	1.057 (1.030, 1.085)***	1.072 (1.058, 1.086)***
Age ²		1.000 (0.999, 1.000)*	0.999 (0.999, 1.000)***
Self reported NCD status	Yes	2.102 (0.756, 5.840)	1.797 (1.244, 2.597)**
*NCD Age interaction**		0.961 (0.944, 0.978)***	0.992 (0.985, 0.998)*

*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
Key: NCD = non-communicable disease, WM = western medicine, TCM = traditional Chinese medicine

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