Table 3.

Differences in physician communication scores (scaled from 0 to 100) across demographic groups from univariable linear regression

		95% CI
Variable	Mean difference	Lower bound	Upper bound	p Value*
Gender
Male (reference)	–	–	–	0.21
Female	−0.57	−1.46	0.32
Age
18–24	−6.15	−8.86	−3.45	<0.0001
25–34	−5.12	−6.85	−3.40
35–44	−4.09	−5.67	−2.51
45–54	−1.68	−3.14	−0.21
55–64 (reference)	–	–	–
65–74	1.64	0.33	2.94
75–84	2.50	1.09	3.92
85 or older	1.99	−0.39	4.37
Ethnicity
British (reference)	–	–	–	<0.0001
South Asian	−6.27	−8.19	−4.35
Primary language spoken at home
English (reference)	–	–	–	<0.0001
Other language	−7.15	−9.49	−4.83
Birthplace
UK	–	–	–	<0.0001
Not the UK	−4.34	−5.93	−2.74
Self-reported health
Excellent (reference)	–	–	–	<0.0001
Very good	−0.41	−2.26	1.44
Good	−2.95	−4.76	−1.13
Fair	−2.96	−4.83	−1.09
Poor	−1.98	−4.16	0.19
Longstanding emotional or psychological condition
Yes	−0.57	−2.06	0.92	0.46
No	–	–	–

*p Values shown for joint tests of variables.