Table 4.
Adjusted Odds Ratios for BMI-for-Age at Every Well-Child Visit by Physician Type, DocStyles, 2008*
| PEDs † n = 250 | GPs ‡ n = 621 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At every visit n (%) | Not at every visit n (%) | OR | 95% CI | At every visit n (%) | Not at every visit n (%) | OR | 95% CI | |
| Physician Characteristics | ||||||||
| Gender of Physician | ||||||||
| Male | 75 (48) | 83 (53) | 1.0 | 85 (18) | 385 (82) | 1.0 | ||
| Female | 51 (55) | 41 (45) | 1.4 | 0.8, 2.3 | 53 (35) | 98 (65) | 2.3 | 1.5, 3.5§ |
| Race of Physician | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 86 (52) | 80 (48) | 1.0 | 101 (22) | 365 (78) | 1.0 | ||
| Other | 40 (48) | 44 (52) | 0.8 | 0.5, 1.4 | 37 (24) | 118 (76) | 0.9 | 0.6, 1.5 |
| Years of Practice | ||||||||
| < 10 Years | 51 (51) | 49 (49) | 1.0 | 64 (27) | 178 (74) | 1.0 | ||
| ≥ 10 Years | 75 (50) | 75 (50) | 1.0 | 0.6, 1.6 | 74 (20) | 305 (81) | 0.7 | 0.5, 1.1 |
| Type of Practice | ||||||||
| Individual | 12 (48) | 13 (52) | 1.0 | 27 (22) | 98 (78) | 1.0 | ||
| Group/Hospital/Clinic | 114 (51) | 111 (49) | 1.1 | 0.5, 2.5 | 111 (22) | 385 (78) | 0.9 | 0.6, 1.5 |
| Patient Characteristics | ||||||||
| SES of Patients | ||||||||
| Lower SES | 81 (50) | 82 (50) | 1.0 | 84 (24) | 266 (76) | 1.0 | ||
| Middle-Upper SES | 45 (52) | 42 (48) | 1.1 | 0.6, 2.0 | 54 (20) | 217 (80) | 1.0 | 0.6, 1.5 |
| Race/Ethnicity of Patient Population | ||||||||
| Mostly white | 76 (50) | 76 (50) | 1.0 | 97 (20) | 393 (80) | 1.0 | ||
| Mostly non-white | 50 (51) | 48 (49) | 1.1 | 0.6, 2.0 | 41 (31) | 90 (69) | 1.8 | 1.1, 2.9§ |
* Both models adjusted for gender of physician, years of practice, race of physician, type of practice, SES of patients, and race of patient population
† PEDs = Pediatricians
‡ GPs = General Practitioners with pediatric patients
§ Significant because confidence interval does not include 1.0.