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Table 4 Association of clinician characteristics with the level of involvement in HIV prevention and care

From: A survey of the involvement of primary care doctors in HIV prevention and care in a low-prevalence, high-income setting

  No/low involvement (n=133) High involvement (n=55)   
n % n % OR 95% C.I.
Gender
 female 31 23% 11 20% ref  
 male 102 77% 44 80% 1.22 0.56–2.63
Age group
 > 60 55 42% 15 27% ref  
 30–39 6 5% 5 9% 3.06 0.82–11.4
 40–49 40 30% 14 25% 1.28 0.56–2.96
 50–59 31 23% 21 38% 2.48 1.12–5.5*
Ethnicity
 non-Chinese 2 2% 7 13% ref  
 Chinese 131 98% 48 87% 0.10 0.02–0.52*
Place of primary medical qualification
 Other 37 28% 16 29% ref  
 Hong Kong 96 72% 39 71% 0.94 0.47–1.88
Specialist register
 No 86 65% 28 52% ref  
 FHKCFP 13 10% 10 19% 2.36 0.93–5.98
 Other 34 26% 16 30% 1.45 0.7–3.0
Number of years in private practice
 > 20 years 71 53% 33 60% ref  
 11–20 years 38 29% 13 24% 0.74 0.35–1.56
 6–10 years 15 11% 5 9% 0.72 0.24–2.14
 0–5 years 9 7% 4 7% 0.96 0.27–3.33
Number of clinicians in your practice
 <=5 118 89% 40 73% ref  
 > 5 14 11% 15 27% 3.16 1.4–7.12*
  1. Odds ratio (OR): the odds of high involvement in HIV prevention and care compared with no/low involvement in non-reference and reference group
  2. * p-value < 0.05