Table 3.

A single, multi-level multinomial logistic regression of the association between number of health risk assessments patients were comfortable discussing and patient, dentist and practice characteristics.

Characteristic	2 vs. 1 or zero HRAs	3 or more vs. 1 or zero HRAs
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Dental patient characteristics
Age	1.06 (0.91–1.23)	1.16 (1.01–1.33)
Gender
Male	Reference	Reference
Female	0.63 (0.38–1.02)	0.38 (0.24–0.60)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	Reference	Reference
Non-Hispanic Black	1.58 (0.54–4.61)	2.89 (1.06–7.87)
Hispanic	0.98 (0.46–2.12)	1.28 (0.63–2.60)
Other	0.75 (0.41–1.35)	0.91 (0.53–1.56)
Education
HS or less	Reference	Reference
More than HS	1.64 (0.93–2.89)	1.41 (0.85–2.32)
Dental insurance
Insured	Reference	Reference
Uninsured	0.74 (0.43–1.26)	0.94 (0.59–1.52)
Primary medical care visit in the past year
No	Reference	Reference
Yes	0.79 (0.4–1.57)	1.04 (0.54–2.02)
Dentist and practice characteristics
Age	1.10 (0.89–1.36)	0.99 (0.82–1.2)
Gender
Male	Reference	Reference
Female	0.61 (0.34–1.11)	1.61 (0.97–2.69)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	Reference	Reference
Others	1.71 (0.96–3.04)	1.06 (0.62–1.79)
Practice location
Florida	Reference	Reference
Georgia	1.86(0.98–3.52)	1.12 (0.62–2.01)
North Carolina/South Carolina/Virginia	1.41(0.60–3.31)	0.91 (0.42–1.99)
Practice setting
Inner city/urban	Reference	Reference
Suburban	1.24 (0.73–2.11)	1.92 (1.18–3.14)
Rural	0.77 (0.32–1.88)	1.24 (0.55–2.78)

HRA: health risk assessment, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, HS: high school