Table 2.

Characteristics of the Responding Physicians (n= 289)

Characteristic
Years since graduation from medical school (mean, SD)	18.9 ± 10.8
Percentage of professional time devoted to clinical practice (mean %)	72.8 %
Practice setting
Community-based	37.7 %
Hospital-based	39.9 %
Office-based/Private practice	22.3 %
Percent of patients that are male (mean, SD)	37.8 ± 31.9
Gender
Male	53.1 %
Female	46.9 %
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	5.5 %
White	64.9 %
Black or African American	5.9 %
Asian	22.5 %
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4 %
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.7 %