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Table 4 Adjusted Odds Ratios for BMI-for-Age at Every Well-Child Visit by Physician Type, DocStyles, 2008*

From: Physician practices related to use of BMI-for-age and counseling for childhood obesity prevention: A cross-sectional study

 

PEDs † n = 250

GPs ‡ n = 621

 

At every visit n (%)

Not at every visit n (%)

OR

95% CI

At every visit n (%)

Not at every visit n (%)

OR

95% CI

Physician Characteristics

Gender of Physician

Male

75 (48)

83 (53)

1.0

 

85 (18)

385 (82)

1.0

 

Female

51 (55)

41 (45)

1.4

0.8, 2.3

53 (35)

98 (65)

2.3

1.5, 3.5§

Race of Physician

Non-Hispanic White

86 (52)

80 (48)

1.0

 

101 (22)

365 (78)

1.0

 

Other

40 (48)

44 (52)

0.8

0.5, 1.4

37 (24)

118 (76)

0.9

0.6, 1.5

Years of Practice

< 10 Years

51 (51)

49 (49)

1.0

 

64 (27)

178 (74)

1.0

 

≥ 10 Years

75 (50)

75 (50)

1.0

0.6, 1.6

74 (20)

305 (81)

0.7

0.5, 1.1

Type of Practice

Individual

12 (48)

13 (52)

1.0

 

27 (22)

98 (78)

1.0

 

Group/Hospital/Clinic

114 (51)

111 (49)

1.1

0.5, 2.5

111 (22)

385 (78)

0.9

0.6, 1.5

Patient Characteristics

SES of Patients

Lower SES

81 (50)

82 (50)

1.0

 

84 (24)

266 (76)

1.0

 

Middle-Upper SES

45 (52)

42 (48)

1.1

0.6, 2.0

54 (20)

217 (80)

1.0

0.6, 1.5

Race/Ethnicity of Patient Population

Mostly white

76 (50)

76 (50)

1.0

 

97 (20)

393 (80)

1.0

 

Mostly non-white

50 (51)

48 (49)

1.1

0.6, 2.0

41 (31)

90 (69)

1.8

1.1, 2.9§

  1. * Both models adjusted for gender of physician, years of practice, race of physician, type of practice, SES of patients, and race of patient population
  2. † PEDs = Pediatricians
  3. ‡ GPs = General Practitioners with pediatric patients
  4. § Significant because confidence interval does not include 1.0.