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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2013 Mar 15;55(1):1–6. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.03.003

Table 4.

Logistic regression: physician characteristics associated with optimistic estimates of patients' adherence (N = 374)

Characteristics of responding physicians that were
significant in unadjusted comparisons
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
Primary specialty
  General or family practice (reference group) 1.0 (referent)
  Internal medicine 1.82 (0.94, 3.54)
  OB/GYN 0.90 (0.49, 1.65)
  Other 0.91 (0.40, 2.04)
Academic affiliation
  No (reference group) 1.0 (referent)
  Yes 1.69 (1.01, 2.85)
Believe ‘affordability of medication’ is the reason that patients choose to adhere
  No (reference group) 1.0 (referent)
  Yes 1.80 (1.06, 3.09)

CI = confidence interval.

Hosmer and Lemeshow Goodness of Fit: 0.84, indicating adequate fit of the model.

Two physicians who did not respond to all included questions were excluded from this analysis.