Table 4.
Patient and General Practitioner Characteristics Associated with Non-Identification of Overweight and Obesity
| Variables | Unadjusted analyses (n = 589) | Final model (n = 589) ‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude odds ratio | 95 % CI | p value | Odds ratio | 95 % CI | p value | |
| Patient characteristics | ||||||
| Body mass index ( n = 589) | < 0.001 | |||||
| Overweight | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Obese | 0.1 | [0.07–0.1] | 0.1 | [0.07–0.2] | < 0.001* | |
| Age ( n = 589) | 0.6 | |||||
| 18–29 | 1.0 | |||||
| 30–44 | 1.0 | [0.5–2.2] | ||||
| 45–64 | 0.8 | [0.4–1.6] | ||||
| ≥ 65 | 0.8 | [0.4–1.6] | ||||
| Sex ( n = 589) | 0.02 | |||||
| Female | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Male | 1.6 | [1.1–2.3] | 1.7 | [1.1–2.7] | 0.02* | |
| Presence of heart disease ( n = 589) | 0.67 | |||||
| Yes | 1.0 | |||||
| No | 1.1 | [0.6–2.0] | ||||
| Presence of high blood pressure ( n = 589) | < 0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| No | 1.9 | [1.3–2.8] | 1.8 | [1.2–2.8] | 0.009* | |
| Presence of cholesterol ( n = 589) | 0.006 | |||||
| Yes | 1.0 | |||||
| No | 1.8 | [1.2–2.7] | ||||
| Presence of type 2 diabetes ( n = 589) | 0.002 | |||||
| Yes | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| No | 3.7 | [1.6–8.6] | 2.4 | [1.2–8.0] | 0.05* | |
| Ethnicity ( n = 589) | 0.63 | |||||
| Caucasian | 1.0 | |||||
| Non-Caucasian | 1.1 | [0.7–1.9] | ||||
| Had private health insurance ( n = 551) † | 0.85 | |||||
| No | 1 | |||||
| Yes | 1 | [0.7–1.5] | ||||
| Number of time seen GP ( n = 569) † | ||||||
| 0–3 | 1 | 0.08 | ||||
| 4–6 | 0.8 | [0.5–1.2] | ||||
| 7–10 | 0.8 | [0.4–1.5] | ||||
| > 10 | 0.4 | [0.2–0.8] | ||||
| Education ( n = 538) a | 0.003 | |||||
| HSC and below | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Trade qualification/Diploma | 0.4 | [0.2–0.8] | 0.3 | [0.1–0.6] | 0.001* | |
| Tertiary | 1.5 | [1.0–2.3] | 1.3 | [0.8–2.1] | 0.27 | |
| Postgraduate | 0.8 | [0.4–1.8] | 0.8 | [0.5–2.2] | 0.54 | |
| GP completion ( n = 480 ) † | 0.8962 | |||||
| At the end of the session | 1.0 | |||||
| Immediately after the consult | 1.2 | [0.6–2.5] | ||||
| During the consult | 1.1 | [0.6,2.0] | ||||
| GP sex ( n = 589) | 0.19 | |||||
| Male | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Female | 0.7 | [0.4–1.2] | 0.6 | [0.4–1.1] | 0.11 | |
| GP age ( n = 589) | 0.36 | |||||
| < 50 | 1.0 | |||||
| ≥ 50 | 0.8 | [0.5–1.3] | ||||
| Years worked in general practice ( n = 589) | 0.56 | |||||
| < 20 | 1.0 | |||||
| ≥ 20 | 0.8 | [0.5–1.5] | ||||
| Works full time ( n = 589) | 0.68 | |||||
| No | 1.0 | |||||
| Yes | 0.9 | [0.5–1.6] | ||||
HSC Higher School Certificate
*p < 0.05 significant characteristics in final model
†Number less than total overweight and obese due to incomplete patients survey
‡Final model adjusted for patient characteristics (body mass index category, sex, presence of high blood pressure, presence of type 2 diabetes, education) and GP sex