Table 5.

 Predictors of pediatricians’ current practice of counseling to always remove handguns from homes

	Model 1: 1994 adjusted OR (95% CI)	Model 2: 2000 adjusted OR (95% CI)
*Reference category.
†p<0.05.
Age (years)
<45*	1	1
⩾45	1.32 (0.85 to 2.05)	1.49† (1.05 to 2.12)
Sex
Male*	1	1
Female	1.75† (1.16 to 2.65)	1.69† (1.19 to 2.42)
Treated gun injury in the past 12 months
Did not treat injury*	1	1
Treated injury	1.77† (1.10 to 2.84)	1.91† (1.18 to 3.08)
Gun ownership
Do not own*	1	1
Handgun owner	0.37 (0.13 to 1.07)	0.13† (0.03 to 0.55)
Long gun/air gun	0.43 (0.16 to 1.13)	0.26† (0.08 to 0.87)
Location
Inner city*	1	1
Urban, not inner city	0.59† (0.35 to 0.98)	0.73 (0.47 to 1.14)
Suburban	0.61 (0.37 to 1.02)	0.76 (0.50 to 1.15)
Rural	0.70 (0.33 to 1.49)	0.22† (0.08 to 0.58)