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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Nov 12;29(1):159–170. doi: 10.1002/oby.22990

Table 7:

Obesity-related knowledge - Multivariable Ordered Logistic Regression

At least 3 out of 5 questions correct
OR (95% CI) P value
Training hours (quartile)
 1st ref ---
 2nd 1.06 (0.3 – 4.2) >0.1
 3rd 0.63 (0.1 – 2.7) >0.1
 4th 0.43 (0.1 – 1.9) >0.1
BMI class
 Normal ref ---
 Overweight 3.00 (0.6 – 15.2) >0.1
 Obesity 1.75 (0.3 – 10.1) >0.1
Overweight/Obesity previously 0.87 (0.2 – 4.0) >0.1
Specialty
 Internal Medicine/Pediatrics ref ---
 Pediatrics 0.30 (0.1 – 1.0) 0.05

OR indicates odds ratio derived from ordered (aka ordinal) logistic regression model, which assumes proportional odds between each level of the dependent variable.

Ref indicates a common reference point to which the other categories where compared to, for interpretation of results.