Table 2.

Association of demographic and practice characteristics with Likelihood to refer for Alzheimer’s research

Variable	Likely to refer (N=193)	Unlikely to refer (N=162)	p-value
Age (y)	50.1 (10.6)	51.4 (11.2)	ns
Gender (%male)	53.6	46.4	ns
Race (%White)	55.7	44.3	ns
Medical Specialty (% primary care)	56.6	43.4	ns
% patients over age 65	37.9	44.0	ns
% participating in on-line CME course	57.2	42.8	ns
% AD research important	89.4	74.6	<.001

Mean (SD)

ns=not significant