Table 4

Associations between physician gender and agreeing to statement 1–5 (scoring >50 on VAS) when entered into multivariate logistic regression analyses together with speciality, age, academic degree and years in the profession. Presented as adjusted OR (95% CI).


Statement 1
Statement 2
Statement 3
Statement 4
Statement 5

Gender





     Men
1
1
1
1
1
     Women
1.9 (1.0 – 3.5)
2.4 (1.2 – 4.7)
2.3 (1.3 – 4.1)
3.3 (1.8 – 5.8)
3.2 (1.7 – 6.1)
Speciality





     Hospital doctors
1
1
1
1
1
     Family physicians
1.9 (0.8 – 4.2)
2.7 (1.1 – 6.3)
2.5 (1.2 – 5.2)
1.9 (0.9 – 3.9)
2.1 (0.9 – 4.6)
Age





     ≤45
1
1
1
1
1
     >45
1.1 (0.5 – 2.2)
0.9 (0.4 – 1.9)
0.7 (0.3 – 1.3)
0.9 (0.4 – 1.6)
1.1 (0.6 – 2.2)
Academic degree





     PhD
1
1
1
1
1
     MD
0.7 (0.4 – 1.4)
0.8 (0.4 – 1.5)
0.6 (0.3 – 1.2)
0.9 (0.4 – 1.7)
1.1 (0.5 – 2.0)
Years in profession





     ≤15
1
1
1
1
1
     >15
1.0 (0.5 – 2.1)
0.8 (0.3 – 1.7)
0.8 (0.3 – 1.5)
1.0 (0.5 – 2.4)
0.9 (0.4 – 1.8)

Risberg et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2003 2:10   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-2-10