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. 2012 Jul 10;14(4):e100. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1986

Table 2.

Data for person in photograph being perceived as honest and trustworthy when 1 or more iconsa are present versus no icons.

Model Honest Trustworthy
ORb 95% CIc OR 95% CI
1(1 icon)
S 2.6 1.6–4.3*** 2.3 1.4–3.8***
O 1.6 1.1–2.4* 1.4 0.9–2.3
RH 1.5 0.9–2.5 1.6 1.0–2.5*
SS 1.3 0.8–2.1 1.2 0.8–1.9
P 1.3 0.8–2.1 1.2 0.8–2.0
No icond 1.0 1.0
2 (2 icons)
S+RH 3.9 2.1–7.4*** 2.3 1.1–4.6*
S+SS 2.5 1.5–4.3*** 1.3 0.7–2.5
S+P 2.5 1.3–4.8** 2.7 1.5–4.8***
O+RH 2.9 1.7–4.9*** 1.8 0.9–3.4
O+P 1.8 0.8–3.7 2.3 1.2–4.3*
RH+SS 2.5 1.3–4.8** 1.4 0.6–3.1
RH+P 1.8 0.9–3.4 1.8 1.0–3.2e
SS+P 1.7 0.9–3.4 1.9 1.0–3.5e
O+P 2.4 1.0–5.5* 4.0 2.3–7.0***
No icond 1.0 1.0
3 (3 icons)
S+O+RH 3.0 1.6–5.7*** 3.1 1.6–5.8***
S+O+RH 4.0 2.3–6.8*** 2.3 1.3–4.2**
S+O+P 4.0 2.1–7.6*** 3.9 2.0–7.5***
S+RH+SS 2.6 1.3–5.1** 2.8 1.5–5.2***
S+RH+P 2.3 1.0–5.1* 2.2 1.1–4.5*
S+SS+P 3.4 1.8–6.4*** 2.7 1.4–5.4**
O+SS+P 1.8 0.7–4.5 1.7 0.5–5.3
No icond 1.0 1.0
4 (4 icons)
S+O+RH+SS 4.4 2.5–7.7*** 2.6 1.4–4.9**
S+O+RH +P 4.0 2.5–6.4*** 3.0 1.9–4.8***
S+O+SS+P 3.7 2.2–6.1*** 3.6 2.3–5.7***
S+RH+SS+P 2.1 1.3–3.4** 2.8 1.8–4.6***
O+RH+SS+P 3.4 1.9–6.2*** 1.6 0.8–3.2
No icond 1.0 1.0
5 (5 icons) 3.7 2.4–5.5*** 3.7 2.5–5.5***
No icond 1.0 1.0

a Icons are as follows: S = stethoscope, O = otoscope, RH = reflex hammer, SS = surgical scrubs,P = pen.

b Odds ratio.

c Confidence interval.

d Photo with no icon group was the reference group for each of the models.

e 95% CI was rounded to 1.00 but the P value was >.05.

*P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001.