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. 2012 Jul 21;21(10):1972–1977. doi: 10.1007/s00586-012-2429-2

Table 3.

Results from the multiple-regression prediction model

Term Coefficient SE Coefficient T P
Constant 0.554 0.658 0.84 0.401
Parent gender 0.022 0.106 0.21 0.832
Parent age group 0.006 0.058 0.11 0.913
Child age (years) 0.015 0.01 1.6 0.113
Parent education −0.029 0.041 −0.71 0.48
Visit type 0.011 0.114 0.1 0.922
Corrective surgery 0.233 0.146 1.6 0.112
Private health insurance −0.078 0.089 −0.88 0.383
Home internet access 0.318 0.216 1.48 0.142

Work only web access and post-op complications are ‘essentially’ constants in the regression equation as there were a number of blank responses

This regression analysis was used to understand how/if parents searching the internet changes when any one of the independent variables (parent gender, age group, etc.) is varied, while the other independent variables are held fixed