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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2016 Dec 12;32(6):1365–1374. doi: 10.1177/0890117116680472

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratiosa for SSb B Counseling Topics With Physicians' Personal and Medical Practice Characteristics.c,d,e

Reported Counseling on Nutritional Content Reported Counseling on Adverse Health Events Reported Counseling on Behavior Change Reported Referral for Counseling




Calorie Content, aOR (95% Cl)f Added Sugars Content, aOR (95% CI) Obesity and Weight Gain, aOR (95% CI) Health Effects (eg, Diabetes), aOR (95% CI) Consumption Frequency, aOR (95% CI) Water Substitution, aOR (95% CI) Dietician or Nutrition Services, aOR (95% CI)
Physician personal characteristics
 Age
  <45 years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  ≥45 years 1.10 (0.87-1.39) 1.22 (0.97-1.54) 1.14 (0.85-1.52) 1.12 (0.88-1.43) 1.07 (0.85-1.36) 0.97 (0.75-1.26) 1.04 (0.82-1.32)
 Sex
  Male 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Female 1.09 (0.85-1.39) 0.82 (0.64-1.04) 0.94 (0.69-1.27) 1.00 (0.78-1.29) 0.98 (0.77-1.26) 0.95 (0.72-1.25) 0.94 (0.73-1.20)
 Race/ethnicity
  White, non-Hispanic 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Black, non-Hispanic 1.07 (0.54-2.13) 0.42 (0.21-0.85) 0.92 (0.41-2.10) 1.33 (0.64-2.78) 1.12 (0.55-2.27) 0.65 (0.32-1.32) 1.84 (0.95-3.58)
  Hispanic 1.45 (0.83-2.53) 0.78 (0.47-1.29) 1.05 (0.54-2.03) 0.87 (0.51-1.47) 0.93 (0.55-1.57) 1.19 (0.65-2.17) 0.84 (0.48-1.46)
  Asian, non-Hispanic 0.90 (0.69-1.17) 0.70 (0.54-0.90) 0.92 (0.67-1.27) 1.19 (0.90-1.57) 1.00 (0.76-1.30) 0.72 (0.55-0.96) 1.21 (0.92-1.57)
  Other/multiracial, non-Hispanic 0.92 (0.60-1.42) 0.59 (0.38-0.91) 1.01 (0.60-1.71) 1.09 (0.70-1.71) 0.96 (0.62-1.49) 0.74 (0.47-1.16) 1.13 (0.73-1.75)
 Weight statusg
  Underweight/normal weight 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Overweight 1.02 (0.79-1.33) 1.10 (0.85-1.43) 0.87 (0.63-1.20) 1.16 (0.88-1.53) 0.94 (0.72-1.23) 1.10 (0.82-1.47) 0.94 (0.72-1.22)
  Obese 1.10 (0.74-1.64) 0.77 (0.52-1.13) 1.06 (0.64-1.77) 0.83 (0.55-1.24) 1.35 (0.89-2.05) 1.08 (0.69-1.70) 0.78 (0.52-1.17)
  Missing 0.79 (0.58-1.08) 0.85 (0.62-1.16) 0.91 (0.62-1.33) 0.90 (0.66-1.24) 1.08 (0.79-1.49) 0.78 (0.56-1.08) 1.02 (0.75-1.40)
 SSBb intake
  None 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  >0 and < 1 time/day 0.93 (0.73-1.18) 0.95 (0.75-1.21) 0.90 (0.67-1.22) 0.99 (0.77-1.27) 1.20 (0.94-1.53) 0.71 (0.54-0.93) 1.03 (0.81-1.31)
  ≥ 1 time/day 0.68 (0.50-0.92) 0.63 (0.46-0.86) 0.67 (0.46-0.97) 0.64 (0.46-0.87) 0.96 (0.70-1.32) 0.58 (0.42-0.81) 1.12 (0.82-1.54)
Medical practice characteristics
 Specialty
  Pediatrics 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Family practice 1.04 (0.75-1.44) 0.60 (0.43-0.84) 0.80 (0.52-1.24) 1.01 (0.72-1.44) 0.63 (0.44-0.89) 0.36 (0.23-0.55) 0.86 (0.62-1.21)
  Internal medicine 0.90 (0.64-1.26) 0.41 (0.29-0.57) 0.66 (0.42-1.02) 0.64 (0.45-0.91) 0.39 (0.27-0.56) 0.35 (0.22-0.54) 1.20 (0.86-1.68)
  OB/GYN 0.60 (0.41-0.87) 0.38 (0.26-0.55) 0.54 (0.34-0.87) 0.55 (0.37-0.81) 0.41 (0.28-0.61) 0.26 (0.17-0.42) 1.52 (1.05-2.20)
 Practice type
  Inpatient 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Individual outpatient 1.46 (0.93-2.31) 1.71 (1.08-2.71) 1.30 (0.75-2.26) 1.18 (0.73-1.91) 1.72 (1.09-2.72) 2.01 (1.24-3.26) 0.90 (0.57-1.42)
  Group outpatient 1.12 (0.76-1.65) 1.38 (0.93-2.06) 1.14 (0.71-1.81) 0.79 (0.53-1.19) 1.60 (1.09-2.36) 1.84 (1.22-2.76) 1.01 (0.69-1.50)
 Teaching hospital
  Yes 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  No 1.07 (0.86-1.34) 1.10 (0.88-1.37) 0.98 (0.74-1.29) 1.04 (0.82-1.31) 0.92 (0.73-1.16) 0.99 (0.78-1.27) 0.80 (0.64-1.00)
 Patient socioeconomic statush
  Low income 1.13 (0.83-1.53) 1.1 1 (0.82-1.50) 1.19 (0.81-1.74) 1.16 (0.84-1.60) 0.91 (0.67-1.23) 1.56 (1.10-2.21) 1.38 (1.02-1.87)
  Medium income 1.15 (0.91-1.46) 1.12 (0.89-1.41) 1.07 (0.80-1.43) 1.01 (0.79-1.28) 1.21 (0.95-1.54) 1.32 (1.02-1.71) 1.03 (0.81-1.32)
  High income 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Abbreviation: OB/GYN, obstetrician/gynecologists.

a

AII physician personal and medical practice characteristics were included in 1 model for each SSB counseling topic.

b

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) include soda, fruit drinks, sports or energy drinks, and other sugar-sweetened drinks but do not include 100% fruit juice, diet drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks.

c

DocStyles, 2014.

d

N = 1510.

e

Boldface indicates statistical significance as 95% confidence interval does not include 1.

f

Adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 95% confidence intervals (CI).

g

Based on body mass index (BMI), underweight/normal weight indicates a BMI < 25 kg/m2, overweight indicates a BMI ≥25 to <30 kg/m2, and obese indicates a BMI ≥30 kg/m2.

h

Physician-reported patient socioeconomic status of the majority of a physician's patient panel.