Table 3.
Logistic regression analysis for utilization of focal therapy
| Variable | Use of focal therapy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate OR [CI] | P value | Multivariate OR [CI] | P value | |
| Age | 1.02 [1.00–1.04] | 0.046 | 1.00 [.97–1.03] | 0.895 |
| Practice type | ||||
| Nonacademic (reference) | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Academic | 1.31 [.84–2.05] | 0.232 | 1.24 [.74–2.09] | 0.408 |
| Fellowship trained | 1.48 [.93–2.34] | 0.099 | 1.23 [.73–2.08] | 0.433 |
| US based practice | 0.76 [.48–1.18] | 0.218 | 0.93 [.56–1.54] | 0.782 |
| Years in practice (post residency) | ||||
| 0–15(reference) | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| >15 | 2.04 [1.23–3.40] | 0.006 | 2.43 [1.11–5.26] | 0.025 |
| No. of newly diagnosed CaP patients seen per month | ||||
| 0–10 (reference) | ||||
| >10 | 2.18 [1.33–3.58] | 0.002 | 2.32 [1.36–3.94] | 0.002 |
CI = 95% confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.