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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Sep-Oct;29(5):592–603. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.05.160046

Table 2.

Adjusted Relative Risk of Using MyChart Once, 2 to 23 Times, and ≥24 Times, by Patient Sociodemographic Characteristics

Risk Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Sociodemographic Characteristics Logged in Once (n = 1,724) Logged in 2–23 Times (n = 6,557) Logged in ≥24 Times (n = 2,604)
Sex
 Female* 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Male 0.81 (0.69–0.96) 0.81 (0.72–0.91) 0.80 (0.72–0.90)
Age group (years)
 18–29 1.00 1.00 1.00
 30–39 1.23 (1.00–1.53) 1.29 (1.16–1.43) 1.21 (1.01–1.46)
 40–49 1.21 (0.96–1.54) 1.20 (1.05–1.39) 1.01 (0.77–1.31)
 50–64 1.04 (0.79–1.36) 1.22 (1.04–1.44) 1.09 (0.87–1.38)
 65–74 1.10 (0.72–1.68) 1.65 (1.21–2.24) 1.17 (0.87–1.57)
 ≥75 0.64 (0.35–1.17) 0.85 (0.56–1.27) 0.52 (0.34–0.81)
Race
 White 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Nonwhite 0.61 (0.38–0.99) 0.45 (0.27–0.75) 0.25 (0.15–0.43)
 Unknown 0.93 (0.56–1.56) 1.02 (0.70–1.48) 0.86 (0.57–1.29)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Hispanic 0.68 (0.50–0.94) 0.61 (0.44–0.84) 0.51 (0.35–0.74)
 Unknown 0.89 (0.60–1.30) 0.66 (0.53–0.83) 0.71 (0.42–1.21)
Health insurance
 Private 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Public 0.64 (0.53–0.77) 0.56 (0.45–0.70) 0.76 (0.60–0.98)
 Uninsured 0.81 (0.66–1.00) 0.80 (0.67–0.96) 1.01 (0.78–1.31)
 Unknown 1.33 (0.66–2.69) 1.04 (0.40–2.67) 4.12 (0.36–47.1)
Number of primary care visits during study period
 0 1.00 1.00 1.00
 1 1.09 (0.69–1.72) 1.2 (0.79–1.84) 2.60 (1.18–5.76)
 2 1.54 (0.98–2.42) 2.19 (1.42–3.38) 8.78 (4.04–19.1)
 3 or 4 1.60 (1.02–2.49) 2.60 (1.64–4.13) 19.3 (9.06–41.1)
 5–8 1.68 (1.07–2.63) 2.64 (1.64–4.25) 39.1 (18.3–83.5)
 >8 1.94 (1.17–3.20) 2.31 (1.34–3.99) 59.4 (26.9–131.3)
Household income
 <100% FPL 1.00 1.00 1.00
 100–199% FPL 1.05 (0.90–1.22) 1.22 (1.10–1.36) 1.50 (1.34–1.68)
 200–399% FPL 1.90 (1.48–2.44) 1.89 (1.59–2.23) 2.62 (2.05–3.35)
 ≥400% FPL 1.39 (1.08–1.79) 1.68 (1.39–2.02) 1.64 (1.29–2.08)
 Unknown 1.13 (0.91–1.41) 0.94 (0.70–1.27) 0.94 (0.62–1.45)
Language
 English 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Other 0.79 (0.48–1.31) 0.60 (0.36–0.99) 0.82 (0.45–1.48)
 Spanish 0.23 (0.12–0.43) 0.17 (0.090–0.31) 0.10 (0.038–0.28)
Number of chronic conditions
 0 1.00 1.00 1.00
 1 0.99 (0.90–1.10) 1.02 (0.90–1.16) 1.26 (1.07–1.48)
 ≥2 0.82 (0.64–1.05) 0.86 (0.71–1.05) 1.16 (0.86–1.57)

These are risk ratios, not odds ratios. We fit a maximum-likelihood multinomial logit model to estimate probability of (1) having no MyChart use, (2) logging in once on MyChart, or (3) logging in more than once on MyChart. The risk ratio is then the ratio of 2 probabilities conditional on the covariate of interest. This multinomial model included all covariates included in the table, and the risk ratios are all in reference to “no MyChart use.” Models accounted for clustering of patients within service areas by including robust clustered sandwich estimators of variance to estimate rate ratio confidence intervals. The bold values are statistically significant at P < .05.

*

Includes male-to-female transgender patients.

Includes female-to-male transgender patients.

FPL, federal poverty level.