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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Med. 2008 Oct;40(9):638–644.

Table 5.

Logistic Regression for the Relationship Between Prayer for Health (Dichotomous Classification) and Primary Care Physician Visit in the Past 12 Months (n=31,044)

Regression Model With Dichotomous Variable Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Prayer for Health (PFH) (dichotomous)
 PFH 1.73 (1.63–1.84)
 No PFH 1.00
Race
 Black 0.82 (0.73–0.92)
 Asian 0.73 (0.49–1.08)
 Native American/Alaskan Native 0.71 (0.61–0.82)
 Mixed race 0.64 (0.56–0.74)
 White 1.00
Region
 Midwest 0.82 (0.73–0.92)
 South 0.71 (0.63–0.79)
 West 0.63 (0.56–0.71)
 Northeast 1.00

CI—confidence interval