TABLE 5.

Multivariate Logistic Regression of Patient Factors and Prescribing Physician Specialty Associated With Receipt of Combination Antihypertensive Prescription for Medicaid Adolescents With Primary HTN (n = 977)

	OR	P Value	95% CI
Female (ref = male)	1.38	.0363	1.02–1.86
Age at first eligibility 15–19 y (ref = 11–14 y)	1.50	.0104	1.10–2.04
Black (ref = white)	1.39	.0280	1.04–1.88
Hispanic (ref = white)	0.88	.7507	0.40–1.92
Other/unknown (ref = white)	1.61	.3997	0.53–4.87
Has obesity comorbidity (ref = no comorbidity)	1.05	.7607	0.78–1.40
4–6 y of Medicaid eligibility (ref = 3 y)	1.14	.4792	0.79–1.64
Adult PCP only (ref = Spec only)	1.56	.1075	0.91–2.66
Pediatric PCP only (ref = Spec only)	0.76	.5700	0.29–1.97
Both PCP + Spec (ref = Spec only)	2.93	.0006	1.58–5.41
Both adult PCP + pediatric PCP (ref = Spec only)	2.14	.0961	0.87–5.22
Unknown (ref = Spec only)	0.91	.8208	0.38–2.14

ref, reference.