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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: WMJ. 2016 Feb;115(1):22–28.

Table 3. Regression Analysis Results.

Those variables with statistically significant odds ratios are reported in this table as point estimates with 95% confidence intervals. Both backward and forward variable selection were done as part of this analysis, and yielded very similar results.

Backward Selection Forward Selection
Question Model Variable Odds Ratio (95%CI) Model Variable Odds Ratio (95% CI)
1 College degree 2.4 (1.3,4.2) College degree 2.4 (1.3,4.2)
Healthcare Provider 2.3 (1.2,4.4) Healthcare Provider 2.3 (1.2,4.4)
2 None None
3 College degree 1.7 (1,2.7) College degree 1.7 (1.1,2.7)
4 Male 1.6 (1,2.5) Male 1.6 (1,2.5)
Younger age 3 (1.3,6.8) Younger age 3 (1.3,6.8)
College degree 1.9 (1.2,3) College degree 1.9 (1.2,3)
5 Male 1.7 (1.2,2.8) Male 1.7 (1,2.9)
College degree 2.9 (1.7,4.7) College degree 3.1 (1.9,5.2)
6 College degree 2 (1.2,3.2) College degree 2 (1.2,3.2)