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Table 4 Crude and Adjusted Prevalence Ratios using the Ohio Physician Roster (N = 34,400)

From: The distribution of Ohio’s Certificates to Recommend: who will “prescribe” medical marijuana?

 

PR (95% CI)

aPR (95% CI)

Age (per one-year increase)

1.02 (1.01–1.02)

1.01 (1.01–1.02)

Sex*

 Male

1.54 (1.26–1.89)

 Female

Ref

Degree

 MD

Ref

Ref

 DO

2.52 (2.08–3.07)

1.72 (1.39–2.15)

Specialty

 Family Medicine

Ref

Ref

 Anesthesiology

0.77 (0.55–1.08)

0.87 (0.61–1.23)

 Emergency Medicine

0.51 (0.34–0.77)

0.52 (0.33–0.80)

 Internal Medicinea

0.39 (0.30–0.50)

0.44 (0.34–0.58)

 Neurology

0.88 (0.56–1.38)

0.96 (0.60–1.55)

 OB/GYN

0.38 (0.23–0.62)

0.42 (0.25–0.69)

 PM&R

1.76 (1.14–2.72)

2.08 (1.34–3.24)

 Pediatrics

0.14 (0.08–0.24)

0.17 (0.10–0.30)

 Psychiatry

0.93 (0.65–1.32)

1.06 (0.73–1.53)

 Surgeryb

0.30 (0.20–0.45)

0.33 (0.22–0.50)

 Otherc

0.05 (0.03–0.09)

0.06 (0.03–0.10)

  1. PR Prevalence Ratio
  2. aPR Adjusted Prevalence Ratio
  3. CI Confidence Interval
  4. *Sex was not included in the regression analysis as it was not a variable in the Ohio Physician Roster data set
  5. OB/GYN Obstetrics and Gynecology
  6. PM&R Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  7. aIncludes Internal Medicine and subspecialties
  8. bIncludes general surgery and surgery specialties
  9. cIncludes all other specialties
  10. Note: Bolded numbers represent prevalence ratios significant at the .05 level