Table 2.
Linear regression models showing predictors of general and patient-specific anti-fat attitudes.
| Y4 AFAQ dislike | Y4 negative attitudes to obese patients | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||||||||
| B | SE | β | p | B | SE | β | p | B | SE | β | p | B | SE | β | p | |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | ||||||||||||||||
| Age | –0.04 | 0.01 | –0.06 | 0.00 | –0.04 | 0.01 | –0.06 | 0.00 | –0.03 | 0.01 | –0.06 | 0.00 | –0.03 | 0.01 | –0.06 | 0.00 |
| Gender | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| Race | –0.05 | 0.05 | –0.01 | 0.32 | –0.05 | 0.04 | –0.02 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.35 |
| BMI | –0.01 | 0.01 | –0.03 | 0.04 | –0.01 | 0.01 | –0.03 | 0.07 | –0.03 | 0.01 | –0.08 | 0.00 | –0.03 | 0.01 | –0.07 | 0.00 |
| Y1 ANTI-FAT ATTITUDES | ||||||||||||||||
| Dislike | 0.48 | 0.02 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.02 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.00 |
| Fear | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Willpower | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| PRE-MED CONTACT | ||||||||||||||||
| Frequency | –0.05 | 0.03 | –0.02 | 0.06 | –0.02 | 0.03 | –0.01 | 0.45 | –0.09 | 0.03 | –0.06 | 0.00 | –0.05 | 0.02 | –0.03 | 0.04 |
| Favorability | –0.19 | 0.04 | –0.08 | 0.00 | –0.07 | 0.04 | –0.03 | 0.06 | –0.20 | 0.03 | –0.10 | 0.00 | –0.06 | 0.03 | –0.03 | 0.04 |
| MEDICAL SCHOOL CONTACT | ||||||||||||||||
| Frequency of Contact | ||||||||||||||||
| Obese peers | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.29 | –0.02 | 0.03 | –0.01 | 0.62 | ||||||||
| Obese staff, faculty, interns | –0.08 | 0.04 | –0.04 | 0.04 | –0.05 | 0.03 | –0.03 | 0.10 | ||||||||
| Obese patients | –0.07 | 0.04 | –0.03 | 0.07 | –0.06 | 0.03 | –0.03 | 0.07 | ||||||||
| Favorability of Contact | ||||||||||||||||
| Obese peers | –0.13 | 0.06 | –0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.47 | ||||||||
| Obese staff, faculty, interns | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.60 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.54 | ||||||||
| Obese patients | –0.46 | 0.04 | –0.21 | 0.00 | –0.62 | 0.04 | –0.34 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| R2 change | 0.34 (p = 0.05) | 0.26 (p = 0.11) | ||||||||||||||
| R2 full model | 0.39 | 0.37 | ||||||||||||||
Gender: 1 = Male, 0 = Female; Race: 1 = White, 0 = Other. B, unstandardized regression coefficient; β, standardized regression coefficient. Bold font indicates significant predictors at p < 0.05 level.