Table 2.

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

	Physician Gender			Physician Level of Experience
	Female N=96	Male N=96	p value	Less N=96	More N=96	p value
Diagnoses (%) Certainty (0-100)
Diabetes	65.6	56.3	0.153	55.2	66.7	0.081
Certainty	24.9	19.9	0.144	22.0	22.8	0.798
Mental Health	94.8	92.7	0.565	96.9	90.6	0.087
Certainty	58.9	57.6	0.740	58.6	58.0	0.892
Thyroid	60.4	70.8	0.099	62.5	68.8	0.320
Certainty	17.6	16.0	0.525	17.3	16.3	0.717
Cardiac Disease	56.3	49.0	0.265	47.9	57.3	0.153
Certainty	17.9	15.8	0.457	15.6	18.1	0.366
Cancer	40.6	40.6	1.000	42.7	38.5	0.518
Certainty	8.2	6.1	0.236	7.6	6.7	0.617
Anemia	28.1	40.6	0.061	30.2	38.5	0.209
Certainty	6.1	7.3	0.533	6.0	7.3	0.474
Test Ordering
Fasting glucose (%)	14.6	8.3	0.161	13.5	9.4	0.348
Casual glucose (%)	13.5	15.6	0.684	9.4	19.8	0.044
CMP † (%)	41.7	45.8	0.539	47.9	39.6	0.220
Any glucose (%)	69.8	69.8	1.000	70.8	68.8	0.740

^*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