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Table 3 Independent associations between physician characteristics and likelihood of physicians ordering OGTT and lipid profiles for patients with PCOS using multivariable logistic regression analysis

From: Obesity management in polycystic ovary syndrome: disparity in knowledge between obstetrician-gynecologists and reproductive endocrinologists in China

Variables

Physicians ordering OGTT

Physicians not ordering OGTT

Crude

Adjusted

Physicians ordering lipid profiles

Physicians not ordering lipid profiles

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

Age

 18-35

5 (0.6)

3 (0.6)

1

1

4 (0.7)

4 (0.6)

1

1

 36-45

121 (15.4)

97 (18.3)

0.8 (0.2, 3.2)

0.8 (0.2, 3.3)

101 (16.5)

117 (16.5)

0.9 (0.2, 3.5)

0.9 (0.2, 3.8)

 ≥46

662 (84.0)

430 (81.1)

0.9 (0.2, 3.9)

0.9 (0.2, 3.8)

504 (82.8)

588 (82.9)

0.9 (0.2, 3.5)

0.8 (0.2, 3.4)

Hospital grade

 1

31 (3.9)

38 (7.2)

1

1

29 (4.8)

40 (5.6)

1

1

 2

263 (33.4)

193 (36.4)

1.7 (1.0, 2.8) a

1.4 (0.9, 2.4)

203 (33.3)

253 (35.7)

1.1 (0.7, 1.8)

0.9 (0.5, 1.6)

 3

494 (62.7)

299 (56.4)

2.0 (1.2, 3.3) a

1.7 (1.0, 2.8) a

377 (61.9)

416 (58.7)

1.3 (0.8, 2.1)

1.0 (0.6, 1.7)

Specialty

 Repro-Endo

157 (19.9)

30 (5.7)

1

1

149 (24.5)

38 (5.4)

1

1

 OB-Gyn

631 (80.1)

500 (94.3)

0.2 (0.2, 0.4) a

0.3 (0.2, 0.4) a

460 (75.5)

671 (94.6)

0.2 (0.1, 0.3) a

0.2 (0.1, 0.3) a

Annual patients with PCOS

 <50

469 (59.5)

380 (71.7)

1

1

364 (59.8)

485 (68.4)

1

1

 51-200

242 (30.7)

116 (21.9)

1.7 (1.3, 2.2) a

1.3 (1.0, 1.8)

188 (30.9)

170 (24.0)

1.5 (1.2, 1.9) a

1.1 (0.9, 1.5)

 >200

77 (9.8)

34 (6.4)

1.8 (1.2, 2.8) a

1.2 (0.7, 1.9)

57 (9.3)

54 (7.6)

1.4 (0.9, 2.1)

0.7 (0.5, 1.2)

Proportion of obesity in PCOS

 0-30%

209 (26.5)

175 (33.0)

1

1

161 (26.4)

223 (31.5)

1

1

 31-50%

321 (40.7)

220 (41.5)

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

1.0 (0.8, 1.4)

248 (40.8)

293 (41.3)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

1.0 (0.8, 1.4)

 51-80%

222 (28.2)

109 (20.6)

1.7 (1.3, 2.3) a

1.4 (1.0, 1.9) a

167 (27.4)

164 (23.1)

1.4 (1.1, 1.9) a

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

 >80%

36 (4.6)

26 (4.9)

1.2 (0.7, 2.0)

1.1 (0.6, 1.9)

33 (5.4)

29 (4.1)

1.6 (0.9, 2.7)

1.6 (0.9, 2.7)

  1. Abbreviations: OGTT Oral glucose tolerance test, Repro-Endo Reproductive endocrinologist, OB-Gyn Obstetrician-gynecologists, PCOS Polycystic ovary syndrome
  2. a P< 0.05