Table 2.
Dentist and patient characteristics (p-values) as predictors of discordance between actual and reported depths
| Proximal | Occlusal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentist Characteristics | univariate | block | Final multivariate | univariate | block | Final multivariate |
| Gender | 0.5467 | 0.1757 | ||||
| Race | * | 0.3780 | ||||
| Hispanic | 0.5132 | 0.2558 | ||||
| Years Since Graduated | 0.0677 | 0.0677 | 0.7382 | 0.8743 | ||
| Type of practice | 0.5038 | 0.0020 | 0.0077 | <0.0001** | ||
| Workload | 0.7940 | 0.1233 | ||||
| Caries Risk | ||||||
| Assessment | 0.7152 | 0.0680 | 0.3052 | |||
| Patient Characteristics | ||||||
| Gender | 0.3074 | 0.2987 | ||||
| Race | * | 0.0268 | 0.0268 | 0.0716 | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.8825 | 0.9576 | ||||
| Dental | ||||||
| Insurance | 0.0171 | 0.0171 | 0.179 | 0.4492 | ||
| Age | 0.5362 | 0.4865 | ||||
*
estimation algorithm failed due to small cell frequencies
**
large group practice vs. small private practice is significant