. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2019 Sep;156(3):312–325. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2019.05.005

Table 7A.

Recommending aligners versus fixed appliances (no TADs or Surgery): 35 vs 142 (total of 177)

Excludes 4 patients recommended aligners and braces

	Individual		Final model
Characteristic	OR	P	OR	95% CI	P
Practitioner female	3.6	0.059	3.5	1.1 – 11.3	0.058
Pt: Caucasian or Asian vs African American or Hispanic/Latino	2.8	0.006	2.8	1.5 – 5.2	0.009
Patient education: BS or higher	1.5	0.07	x	x	x
Prior orthodontic treatment	1.8	0.06	x	x	x
Habit: Tongue posture	2.5	0.03	2.4	1.2 – 4.6	0.04
L1 degree	0.96	0.07	x	x	x
Recommend extraction	0.4	0.02	x	x	x