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Table 3 Linear regression: Association between knowledge, attitude and adherence to obesity guidelines and individual respondents’ characteristics

From: Primary care physicians’ knowledge and attitudes about obesity, adherence to treatment guidelines and association with confidence to treat obesity: a Swedish survey study

 

Knowledge

Attitudes

Adherence

Univariate model

Multiple model**

Univariate model

Multiple model**

Univariate model

Multiple model**

p-value*

B (95% CI)

p-value

B (95% CI)

p- value*

B (95% CI)

p-value*

B (95% CI)

p-value*

B (95% CI)

p-value*

B (95% CI)

Knowledge

    

0.170

0.04 (-0.02 to 0.09)

0.81

0.01 (-0.05 to 0.06)

0.008

0.06 (0.02 to 0.11)

0.005

0.07 (0.02 to 0.12)

Attitudes

        

0.844

-0.01 (-0.14 to 0.11)

0.694

-0.03 (-0.16 to 0.10)

Adherence

            

Gender (1 = man, 2 = woman)

< 0.005

1.63 (0.72 to 2.54)

0.003

1.43 (0.50 to 2.37)

0.001

0.62 (0.27 to 0.98)

0.001

0.65 (0.27 to 1.03)

0.190

0.23 (-0.11 to 0.57)

0.234

0.23 (-0.15 to 0.60)

Age

 • < 35 years

0.002

2.42 (0.91 to 3.93)

0.004

2.96 (0.97 to 4.94)

0.469

-0.22 (-0.81 to 0.38)

0.837

0.06 (-0.70 to 0.86)

0.734

0.10 (-0.47 to 0.66)

0.632

-0.19 (-0.95 to 0.58)

 • 35–49 years

0.132

0.74 (-0.23 to 1.71)

0.170

0.91 (-0.39 to 2.21)

0.427

-0.15 (-0.54 to 0.23)

0.747

-0.09 (-0.60 to 0.43)

0.365

-0.17 (-0.53 to 0.20)

0.084

-0.44 (-0.93 to 0.06)

 • > 49 years

 

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Speciality (1 = GP,

2 = not GP)

0.152

0.77 (-0.29 to 1.82)

0.756

-0.24 (-1.78 to 1.29)

0.281

-0.22 (-0.63 to 0.18)

0.568

-0.17 (-0.78 to 0.44)

0.841

0.04 (-0.04 to 0.42)

0.925

0.03 (-0.55 to 0.61)

Speciality experience

 • 0–5 years

0.863

-0.10 (-1.25 to 1.05)

0.415

-0.63 (-2.15 to 0.89)

0.550

-0.14 (-0.58 to 0.31)

0.499

-0.20 (-0.81 to 0.40)

0.896

-0.03 (-0.45 to 0.40)

0.410

0.24 (-0.34 to 0.82)

 • 6–10 years

0.608

0.40(-1.13 to 1.93)

0.822

-0.19 (-1.88 to 1.49)

0.651

0.14 (-0.45 to 0.73)

 0.862

-0.06 (-0.72 to 0.61)

0.799

0.07 (-0.49 to 0.63)

0.367

0.29 (-0.35 to 0.93)

 • > 10 years

 

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Full time/part time work

(1 = full time, 2 = part time)

0.021

1.10 (0.17 to 2.04)

0.020

1.16 (0.19 to 2.12)

0.031

0.40 (0.04 to 0.77)

0.120

0.30 (-0.09 to 0.69)

0.633

-0.08(-0.43 to 0.26)

0.208

-0.24 (-0.62 to 0.13)

Private/ public clinic (1 = private, 2 = public)

0.186

-0.66 (-1.65 to 0.32)

0.094

-0.82 (-1.77 to 0.14)

0.039

-0.40 (-0.78 to -0.02)

0.033

-0.41 (-0.79 to -0.03)

0.231

0.22 (-0.14 to 0.57)

0.088

0.32 (-0.05 to 0.69)

  1. *p−value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant
  2. **Multivariate model is adjusted for gender, age, speciality, experience, full time/part time working, private/public clinic