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. 2011 Apr 13;6(4):e18468. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018468

Table 1. Clinician and patient characteristics.

All encounters (N = 18) Accepted treatment (N = 7) Rejected treatment (N = 11)
Clinicians
Age, mean (SD) 42.7 (10.3) 38.1 (10.2) 45.5 (8.2)
Male, n (%) 12 (67) 3 (43) 9 (82)
Internal Medicine, n (%) 14 (77.8) 6 (85.7) 8 (72.7)
Family Medicine, n (%) 4 (22.2) 1 (24.3) 3 (27.3)
Patients
Age, mean (SD) 70.6 (9.4) 71.7 (25.3) 70.0 (12.3)
Prior fracture, n (%) 12 (67) 5 (71) 7 (64)
Prior bisphosphonate use, n (%) 1 (5) 0 (0) 1 (9)
Estimated 10-year probability of major fragility fractures, mean (SD) 33.8 (18.8) 41.4 (25.3) 28.9 (12.3)
Percentage correct answers on bisphosphonate knowledge, mean (SD) 50.6 (27.0) 62.6 (22.4) 43.1 (30.4)
Identified own 10-year risk of fracture, n (%) 10 (55.6) 3 (43.0) 7 (63.6)
Identified absolute risk reduction in fracture risk with treatment, n (%) 6 (33.3) 2 (29.0) 4 (36.4)