Antibiotic Use in Children with Acute Respiratory or Ear Infections: Prospective Observational Comparison of Anthroposophic and Conventional Treatment under Routine Primary Care Conditions

Table 1

Demographics.

Item	Anthroposophy group ( = 443)		Conventional group ( = 86)		value
		%		%
Country					<0.001
Austria	91	20.5%	4	4.7%
Germany	265	59.8%	9	10.5%
Netherlands	44	9.9%	52	60.5%
United Kingdom	21	4.7%	21	24.4%
United States	22	5.0%	0	0.0%
Male gender	234	52.8%	47	54.7%	0.814
Caucasian race/ethnicity	350/364	96.2%	77/78	98.7%	0.487
Age					0.847
<2 years	89	20.1%	17	19.8%
2–5 years	196	44.2%	37	43.0%
6–17 years	158	35.7%	32	33.3%
Body mass index (mean ± SD)	16.1 ± 2.7		16.5 ± 2.9		0.300
Persons in household (mean ± SD)	3.8 ± 0.9		4.0 ± 0.8		0.051
Total annual household income	= 213		= 38		0.651
<15,000 €	40	18.8%	4	10.5%
15,000–29,999 €	57	26.8%	11	28.9%
30,000–44,999 €	64	30.0%	14	36.8%
45,000–59,999 €	23	10.8%	8	21.1%
60,000–74,999 €	20	9.4%	0	0.0%
≥75,000 €	9	4.2%	1	2.6%
Previous treatment by physician	333/360	92.5%	72/78	92.3%	1.000