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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Feb;168(2):163–169. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4338

Table 4. Logistic Regression for Predictors of Time Talking About Sexual Issuesa.

Predictor Modeling, OR (95% CI)
Rank Orderb (n = 253) 0 vs 1, 2c (n = 253) 0, 1 vs 2c (n = 253)
African American adolescent 1.58 (1.01-2.48) 1.4 (0.83-2.38) 1.91 (1.06-3.44)
African American physician 1.93 (0.72-5.20) 2.4 (0.67-8.60) 1.42 (0.38-5.31)
Asian physician 0.13 (0.08-0.20) 0.13 (0.07-0.24) 0.12 (0.03-0.50)
Female adolescent 2.58 (1.53-4.36) 2.45 (1.30-4.62) 2.72 (1.44-5.14)
Adolescent age 1.37 (1.13-1.65) 1.49 (1.18-1.89) 1.21 (1.00-1.47)
Confidentiality 4.33 (2.58-7.28) 4.27 (2.24-8.13) 4.03 (2.18-7.45)
Total visit time, min 1.07 (1.03-1.11) 1.08 (1.03-1.12) 1.06 (1.01-1.11)

Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio.

a

Adjusted for clustering of adolescent patients within physicians. Adolescent alone in room was not used in the model because of the empty cell.

b

Proportional odds assumption upheld.

c

Time spent talking about sex is coded as the following: 0 indicates 0 seconds; 1, 1 to 35 seconds; and 2, 36 seconds or longer.