Table 1.

Diagnoses, certainty of a diagnosis, and glucose test ordering for patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of diabetes^*

	Patient Gender			Patient Age			Patient Race/Ethnicity				Patient SES
	Female N=96	Male N=96	p value	35 N=96	65 N=96	p value	Black N=64	Hispanic N=64	White N=64	p value	Lower	Upper	p value
Diagnoses / Certainty
Diabetes (%)	56.3	65.6	0.153	62.5	59.4	0.632	73.4	60.9	48.4	0.009	64.6	57.3	0.265
Certainty (0-100)	18.8	26.0	0.033	23.8	21.0	0.405	31.6	20.7	15.0	<0.001	24.4	20.4	0.241
Mental Health (%)	94.8	92.7	0.565	94.8	92.7	0.565	89.1	95.3	96.9	0.179	92.7	94.8	0.565
Certainty (0-100)	61.3	55.3	0.131	59.1	57.5	0.680	55.8	59.1	59.9	0.662	56.7	59.9	0.409
Thyroid (%)	74.0	57.3	0.009	64.6	66.7	0.740	60.9	67.2	68.8	0.560	67.7	63.5	0.507
Certainty (0-100)	20.5	13.1	0.005	15.1	18.5	0.196	18.4	16.7	15.4	0.637	17.1	16.5	0.809
Cardiac Disease (%)	44.8	60.4	0.018	42.7	62.5	0.003	53.1	46.9	57.8	0.391	47.9	57.3	0.153
Certainty (0-100)	12.9	20.8	0.004	13.8	20.0	0.025	20.9	13.6	16.0	0.086	15.7	18.0	0.387
Cancer (%)	37.5	43.8	0.333	24.0	57.3	<0.001	32.8	40.6	48.4	0.145	44.8	36.5	0.198
Certainty (0-100)	6.8	7.6	0.660	3.1	11.2	<0.001	6.6	7.3	7.5	0.906	8.5	5.8	0.120
Anemia (%)	40.6	28.1	0.061	33.3	35.4	0.753	26.6	34.4	42.2	0.159	35.4	33.3	0.753
Certainty (0-100)	8.8	4.6	0.025	4.8	8.6	0.041	5.7	6.5	7.9	0.604	6.9	6.4	0.788
Glucose Tests
Fasting glucose (%)	10.4	12.5	0.638	15.6	7.3	0.062	15.6	4.7	14.1	0.097	9.4	13.5	0.348
Casual glucose (%)	10.4	18.8	0.106	13.5	15.6	0.684	14.1	18.8	10.9	0.456	12.5	16.7	0.416
CMP †(%)	43.8	43.8	1.000	39.6	47.9	0.220	39.1	48.4	43.8	0.528	47.9	39.6	0.220
Any glucose (%)	64.6	75.0	0.099	68.8	70.8	0.740	68.8	71.9	68.8	0.895	69.8	69.8	1.000

^*Numbers are the percent giving the diagnosis, the average certainty on a scale of 0 to 100, and a p value for a test of the null hypotheses of no difference by the patient or physician characteristic

^†Complete metabolic panel