Table 3.

Odds ratios of general practitioners’ knowledge of patients’ social problems influencing management according to characteristics of patients, doctors, and their relationship^*

Variable	No of patients	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
Prior general knowledge of patient:
Scant	488	1.0
Good	865	1.85 (1.25 to 2.74)	<0.001
Doctor’s time in present practice:
<1 year	124	1.0
1-10 years	562	0.58 (0.33 to 1.03)	0.082
>10 years	667	0.36 (0.19 to 0.68)	<0.001
Age of patient:
16-39 years	434	1.0
40-59 years	441	1.29 (0.91 to 1.84)	0.135
⩾60 years	478	0.64 (0.44 to 0.94)	0.024

^*Data for 1353 consultations, 48 missing due to lack of one or more variables.