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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Jan;38(1):63–67. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181ebd50f

Table 2. Patient and Health Care Provider Factors Associated With Knowledge of Sexual Orientation in Multiple Regression Analysis.

Variables Coefficient* Wald Statistic Significance Prevalence Ratio
Patient is African-American − 1.844 7.635 0.006 0.48
Patient is Latino − 0.037 0.004 0.951 0.99
Patient is partnered vs. single 0.469 2.097 0.148 1.11
Patient lives in urban or suburban vs. rural area − 1.102 4.853 0.028 0.71
Patient's age 0.037 5.153 0.023
Patient has more than HS education − 0.865 4.990 0.025 0.84
Patient income less than $15,000 − 1.179 6.302 0.012 0.70
HCP is gay or lesbian 2.843 7.129 0.008 1.35
HCP is female 1.948 10.782 0.001 1.31
HCP's age − 0.020 1.039 0.308
*

Positive coefficient indicates patient is more likely to report HCP aware of their sexual orientations; Negative coefficient indicates patient is less likely to report HCP aware of their sexual orientations.

Number of cases included in analysis is 259; 12 cases were excluded in multiple regression because of missing data on one or more predictors.