| No (%) of patients or mean ± SD | Multivariate analysis* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Yes | No | OR (95% CI) | p value |
Patient characteristics | n = 1177 | n = 102 | Â | Â |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• Male | 582 (49.5) | 47 (46.1) | 1.00 [Reference] |  |
• Female | 595 (50.6) | 55 (53.9) | 0.85 (0.55-1.32) | 0.48 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• ≥65 | 649 (55.1) | 72 (70.6) | 1.0 [Reference] |  |
• <65 | 528 (44.9) | 30 (29.4) | 1.64 (1.09-2.48) | 0.02 |
Co-morbidities | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cardiovascular | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• No | 1101 (93.5) | 93 (91.2) | 1.00 [Reference] |  |
• Yes | 76 (6.5) | 9 (8.8) | 0.78 (0.37-1.66) | 0.52 |
Renal | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• No | 1167 (99.1) | 95 (93.1) | 1.00 [Reference] |  |
• Yes | 10 (0.9) | 7 (6.9) | 0.14 (0.05-0.40) | <0.0001 |
Drugs | ||||
Number of OHA | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• ≥2 | 93 (7.9) | 9 (8.8) | 1.00 [Reference] | 0.83 |
• 1 | 1084 (92.1) | 93 (91.2) | 0.91 (0.37-2.19) |  |
Physician characteristics | n=95 | n=73 | Â | Â |
MD gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• Male | 59 (54.1) | 34 (63.0) | 1.00 [Reference] |  |
• Female | 50 (45.9) | 20 (37.0) | 1.21 (0.66-2.23) | 0.53 |
Practice experience (in years) (mean, SD) | 21.9 (8.2) | 24 (7.8) | 1.00 (0.96-1.05) | 0.94 |
MD evidence scale (mean, SD) | n=90 | n=52 | Â | Â |
• <20 | 22 (24.4) | 14 (26.9) | 1.00 [Reference] |  |
• 20-23 | 53 (58.9) | 31 (59.6) | 0.71 (0.38-1.34) | 0.29 |
• >23 | 15 (16.7) | 7 (13.5) | 1.16 (0.55-2.46) | 0.69 |
Evidence guidelines †| ||||
2008 CDA guidelines | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• Pre | 601 (51.1) | 69 (67.7) | 1.00 [Reference] |  |
• Post | 576 (48.9) | 33 (32.4) | 1.86 (1.20-2.90) | 0.01 |