Explaining the variation in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care: a multilevel cross sectional study.

BMC Public Health · 2009 · PMC2698853 · PMID 19480660

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approaching significanceP = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Firstly providers who intended to discuss risk factors prior to the consultation were more likely to assess for all lifestyle risk factors (approaching significance, P = 0.06, OR = 1.70, CI = 0.97–2.97, Model 2).

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However two provider attitude variables approached significance.

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