Nonvitamin, Nonmineral Dietary Supplement Use among Adults with Fibromyalgia: United States, 2007–2012
Table 1
Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of 2007 and 2012 national US samples, stratified by NVNM use in the past 12 months, National Health Interview Survey.
Characteristic
2007 ( = 20,127)
2012 ( = 30,672)
Overall
NVNM Use
NVNM Use
Yes
95% CI
Weighted population estimate
No
Yes
95% CI
Weighted population estimate
No
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Total
3582 (19.1)
(18.4, 19.8)
16270972
16545 (80.9)
5490 (18.5)
(17.8, 19.2)
16713004
25182 (72.4)
<0.0001
Age in years
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
18–24
269 (8.2)
(6.8, 9.6)
1332833
1884 (11.7)
391 (7.4)
(6.3, 8.4)
1231081
2637 (11.1)
25–44
1169 (31.9)
(30.1, 33.7)
5193487
6195 (36.3)
1775 (32.1)
(30.4, 33.7)
5358304
8879 (34.1)
45–64
1414 (39.8)
(37.9, 41.7)
6476821
5314 (32.3)
2162 (39.1)
(37.5, 40.8)
6542615
8379 (33.1)
65–75
462 (12.6)
(11.4, 13.7)
2044193
1599 (9.5)
741 (14.0)
(12.8, 15.1)
2332396
2777 (11.4)
75+
268 (7.5)
(6.5, 8.5)
1223638
1553 (10.2)
421 (7.5)
(6.6, 8.4)
1248608
2510 (10.3)
Mean (SE)
49.06 (0.35)
(48.38, 49.75)
47.09 (0.27)
<0.0001
49.58 (0.33)
(48.93, 50.23)
48.24 (0.19)
<0.0001
0.2794
Sex
0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
Male
1535 (43.2)
(41.3, 45.1)
7028291
7644 (47.8)
2341 (42.8)
(41.1, 44.5)
7153927
11565 (47.3)
Female
2047 (56.8)
(54.9, 58.7)
9242681
8901 (52.2)
3149 (57.2)
(55.5, 58.9)
9559077
13617 (52.7)
Race/ethnicity
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
Non-Hispanic White
2716 (82.9)
(81.7, 84.1)
13487880
9419 (69.6)
3979 (78.8)
(77.5, 80.1)
13163299
14637 (67.4)
Non-Hispanic Black
329 (6.9)
(6.0, 7.8)
1121133
2812 (13.5)
513 (7.6)
(6.7, 8.4)
1266927
4058 (13.3)
Hispanic
360 (6.7)
(5.9, 7.5)
1091895
3358 (12.8)
622 (9.0)
(8.1, 9.8)
1496127
4796 (14.4)
Asian
99 (1.8)
(1.4, 2.2)
297318
547 (2.3)
196 (2.6)
(2.2, 3.0)
438850
975 (2.9)
Other Race/ethnicity
78 (1.7)
(1.3, 2.0)
272746
409 (1.8)
180 (2.1)
(1.7, 2.4)
347801
716 (2.1)
Marital status
0.088
0.009
<0.0001
Married/ Cohabitating
1903 (52.0)
(50.0, 53.9)
8453944
8507 (51.4)
2865 (52.1)
(50.2, 53.9)
8703339
12354 (49.4)
Never married
710 (21.0)
(19.2, 22.7)
3411156
3800 (23.1)
1206 (22.8)
(21.2, 24.4)
3813588
6184 (24.7)
Divorced/sep/ widow
969 (27.1)
(25.5, 28.7)
4405872
4238 (25.6)
1419 (25.1)
(23.7, 26.5)
4196077
6644 (25.9)
Education
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
<12th grade
272 (7.0)
(6.1, 7.8)
1131795
3307 (16.5)
417 (6.4)
(5.7, 7.2)
1076502
4420 (15.1)
HS/GED
808 (22.3)
(20.7, 23.8)
3624376
4830 (29.6)
1043 (18.4)
(17.2, 19.6)
3078409
6860 (26.8)
Tech training/ some college
1185 (33.4)
(31.6, 35.2)
5436406
4527 (28.5)
1924 (35.3)
(33.6, 36.9)
5896361
7548 (30.7)
≥Bachelor’s degree
1317 (37.4)
(35.4, 39.3)
6078395
3881 (25.4)
2106 (39.9)
(38.1, 41.6)
6661732
6354 (27.4)
Employment
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
Employed for pay
2189 (61.6)
(59.8, 63.3)
10016152
9818 (59.5)
3301 (60.2)
(58.5, 61.9)
10065089
13857 (55.4)
Employed but not for pay
162 (4.8)
(4.0, 5.6)
784425
465 (3.1)
227 (4.3)
(3.7, 5.0)
725979
703 (3.0)
Unemployed
1231 (33.6)
(31.9, 35.3)
5470395
6262 (37.4)
1962 (35.4)
(33.7, 37.1)
5921936
10622 (41.7)
Income
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
$1–$24,999
820 (23.4)
(21.8, 25.1)
3809168
3710 (22.2)
1186 (21.0)
(19.8, 22.3)
3512363
5670 (21.6)
$25,000–$44,999
576 (15.7)
(14.3, 17.1)
2553714
2545 (15.9)
894 (16.3)
(15.1, 17.5)
2727946
3675 (14.5)
$45,000–$74,999
478 (13.5)
(12.2, 14.9)
2203952
1643 (10.6)
803 (14.9)
(13.7, 16.0)
2490180
2727 (11.5)
$75,000 and over
341 (10.0)
(8.8, 11.1)
1622926
858 (5.6)
583 (11.4)
(10.4, 12.5)
1912903
1683 (7.5)
Do not know
129 (3.6)
(3.0, 4.2)
578665
944 (5.3)
189 (3.2)
(2.6, 3.8)
538020
1103 (4.3)
Missing
1238 (33.8)
(31.9, 35.7)
5502547
6845 (40.4)
1835 (33.1)
(31.6, 34.6)
5531592
10324 (40.5)
Geographic location
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
Northeast
541 (15.5)
(13.8, 17.2)
2526830
2783 (17.4)
762 (13.9)
(12.5, 15.3)
2324064
4325 (18.3)
Midwest
850 (25.6)
(23.1, 28.1)
4161206
3642 (25.0)
1230 (26.2)
(24.2, 28.1)
4374539
5173 (23.3)
South
1190 (32.2)
(29.7, 34.7)
5232720
6337 (37.8)
1506 (29.2)
(26.8, 31.7)
4886374
9683 (38.9)
West
1001 (26.7)
(24.6, 28.9)
4350216
3783 (19.8)
1992 (30.7)
(28.6, 32.7)
5128027
6001 (19.6)
Place of birth
<0.0001
US born
3164 (91.0)
(90.1, 91.9)
14807161
13116 (85.4)
<0.0001
4791 (89.8)
(88.9, 90.7)
15010846
20112 (83.5)
<0.0001
Note. Column percentages shown; adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity based on 2000 Census data; adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity based on 2010 Census data; significant changes between 2007 and 2012 indicated by nonoverlapping weighted population confidence intervals; values obtained by comparing weighted estimates; note: significant changes between datasets with differing weighting schemes indicated by nonoverlapping weighted population confidence intervals as .
