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. 2017 Feb 14;67(659):e414–e427. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X689377

Table 3.

GPs’ willingness to prescribe tamoxifen by responder characteristics (n = 928)

Characteristic Willing, % OR (95% CI) P-value
Country
  England 77.0 Ref Ref
  Wales 76.9 1.06 (0.49 to 2.29) 0.89
  Northern Ireland 88.9 2.45 (0.72 to 8.34) 0.15

GP status (n= 919)
  GP partner 78.0 0.95 (0.68 to 1.33) 0.77
  Salaried/locum GP 76.4 Ref Ref
  GP specialist trainee 73.7 0.91 (0.32 to 2.64) 0.86

Sex
  Male 79.9 1.38 (1.00 to 1.90) 0.05
  Female 74.0 Ref Ref

Age, years
  <50 75.4 Ref Ref
  ≥50 82.5 1.41 (0.92 to 2.14) 0.11

Experience, years
  0–10 74.6 Ref Ref
  >10 79.6 1.18 (0.82 to 1.70) 0.38

Cancer specialism
  Yes 81.4 1.36 (0.78 to 2.34) 0.28
  No 76.8 Ref Ref

Preventive medicine specialism
  Yes 81.2 1.24 (0.73 to 2.10) 0.43
  No 76.7 Ref Ref

Family history specialism
  Yes 75.0 0.49 (0.22 to 1.11) 0.09
  No 77.5 Ref Ref

Genetics specialism
  Yes 83.3 1.75 (0.59 to 5.20) 0.32
  No 77.2 Ref Ref

OR = odds ratio.