Doctor communication quality and Friends' attitudes influence complementary medicine use in inflammatory bowel disease

Table 1 Demographics in contrasting inflammatory bowel disease cohorts

	FMC (n = 337)	Private (n = 91)	Darwin (n = 35)	P value
Mean age respondents (yr)	50.3	52.2	48.4	0.35
Mean age non respondents (yr)	43.0	48.1	39.9	0.20
Female respondents	60.2%	60.4%	60%	0.99
Female non respondents	55.7%	52.4%	40.7%	0.07
Crohn’s disease	55.2%	57.1%	48.6%	0.70
Indigenous subjects	0.9%	1.1%	2.9%	0.37
Current smokers	11.1%	13.6%	17.1%	0.09
Previous smokers	25.8%	25.0%	42.9%	0.09
Receiving disability support pension	1.8%	1.1%	5.7%	0.006
Employed	58.7%	56.7%	62.9%	0.19
Currently partnered	92.2	95.3	93.3	0.61