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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jun;40(6):616–619. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.02.020

Table 1.

Adjusted association between weight-related counseling and patient–physician gender concordance

Weight-
reduction
counseling
Diet/nutrition
counseling
Exercise
counseling

OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Gender
concordance
status
Concordant female 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
Concordant male 1.04 (0.68, 1.57) 1.58 (1.05, 2.40)* 1.76 (1.13, 2.74)*
Discordant female 1.28 (0.77, 2.15) 1.41 (0.88, 2.28) 1.53 (0.92, 2.58)
Discordant male 1.27 (0.93, 1.76) 1.07 (0.86, 1.33) 1.17 (0.89, 1.56)

Note: All models were adjusted for the following covariates: age, race, insurance, region, comorbidity risk status, physician age, physician race, visit type, time spent with doctor, median household income, and percentage of residents within a ZIP code with a high school diploma.

*

Point estimates significant at p <0.05.