Table 4.

Bivariate and multivariate predictors of residents’ frequency of dietary counseling in the outpatient setting.

	βa	SE	P value
Bivariate linear regression
Amount of training	0.39	0.18	<.001
No. of methods	0.43	0.06	<.001
Multivariable linear regression
Amount of training	0.20	0.21	.05
No. of methods	0.26	0.08	.02
Total fruit and vegetable intake	0.24	0.03	<.001
Nutrition education in medical school	0.20	0.24	.03
Post graduate level	0.19	0.12	.06
Age	−0.05	0.04	.62
Gender	0.09	0.21	.31
Path	0.13	0.14	.15
Type of program	−0.10	0.17	.32
Presence of primary care track	0.03	0.23	.72
Being in primary care track	0.08	0.31	.40
Medical education in the United States	−0.03	0.28	.78
Nutrition education before medical school	0.10	0.31	.28
Region
Northeast (as reference)
Midwest	0.36	0.30	.71
South	−0.16	0.31	.13
West	−0.16	0.32	.12

^aA standardized β coefficient was used to account for differences in units of the variables.

Bold values in the table represents numbers which are statistically significant.