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. 2021 Jan 15;36(4):923–929. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06354-4

Table 2.

Patient and Physician Factors Associated with Nutrition Referral or Metformin Prescription in a Multivariable Model

Predictor Nutrition referral Metformin prescription
OR Lower Upper OR Lower Upper
(95% CI) (95% CI)
Age (decades) 0.75 0.72 0.79 0.62 0.59 0.66
Female 1.44 1.29 1.61 1.47 1.29 1.67
BMI (per 1 unit) 1.06 1.05 1.07 1.04 1.03 1.05
Race
  Black 1.42 1.25 1.61 0.79 0.67 0.92
  Other 1.02 0.81 1.28 0.71 0.53 0.94
Smoker 0.78 0.65 0.92 0.85 0.71 1.02
HbA1c (per 1.0%) 1.55 1.19 2.04 10.50 7.71 14.20
Years followed 1.22 1.19 1.25 1.16 1.13 1.19
PCP intervention rate*
  High vs mean 1.91 1.68 2.18 2.62 2.26 3.04
  Low vs mean 0.42 0.36 0.49 0.37 0.32 0.44

*PCP intervention rate is the classification of the patient panel-adjusted primary care provider probability of providing intervention as higher, the same, or lower than the mean

BMI body mass index, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c