Table 4.

Mean Lowest ANC Less Than 1.5×10⁹/L to Give Chemotherapy without G-CSF or with G-CSF and Correlation of ANC to Decision to Give Chemotherapy for Each Physician

Physician	ANC(95% CI): no G-CSF [n]	ANC(95% CI):G-CSF[n]	r (p)
I	1.05(0.98–1.13) [51]	NA [0]	−0.02 (p=0.70)
II	NA [1]	NA [1]	0.30 (p=0.003)
III	1.36(1.23–1.45) [5]	1.30(1.17–1.43) [4]	0.36 (p<0.0)
IV	1.25(1.18–1.34) [22]	1.19(1.05–1.33) [11]	0.33 (p<0.0)
V	1.29(1.19–1.39) [9]	1.15(0.51–1.78) [2]	0.31 (p<0.0)
VI	1.35(1.29–1.41) [7]	1.27(1.19–1.36) [15]	0.45 (p<0.0)
VII	NA [0]	1.35(1.29–1.41) [8]	0.17 (p=0.033)

Abbreviations: ANC, absolute neutrophil count (×10⁹/L); n, number of patients; NA, not applicable; r, correlation coefficient.