[Retracted] The Disparity in the Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome between Obstetrician-Gynecologists in Different-Level Hospitals under the Hierarchical Medical System

Table 3

Multinominal logistic regression analysis results of physician characteristics, OGTT, and lipid profile analysis for PCOS patients.

Variables	Physicians ordering OGTT	Physicians not ordering OGTT	Exp (B)	95% CI	Physicians ordering lipid profiles	Physicians not ordering lipid profiles	Ex (B)	95% CI
Sex
Female	1750 (98.1)	506 (98.2)	0.943	(0.448, 1.984)	1503 (98.4)	753 (97.8)	1.357	(0.728, 2.529)
Male	33 (1.9)	9 (1.8)	1	1	25 (1.6)	17 (2.2)	1	1
Age
18-35	273 (15.3)	62 (12.0)	1.437	(1.055, 1.957)^a	204 (13.4)	131 (17.0)	0.767	(0.595, 0.988)^a
35-45	701 (39.3)	189 (36.7)	1.210	(0.979, 1.497)^a	605 (39.6)	285 (37.0)	1.047	0.866, 1.266)
≥46	809 (45.4)	264 (51.3)	1	1	719 (47.0)	354 (46.0)	1	1
Hospital grade
1	201 (11.3)	100 (19.4)	0.383	(0.282, 0.520)^aa	796 (52.1)	408 (53.0)	0.715	(0.715, 1.105)
2	916 (51.3)	288 (55.9)	0.607	(0.481, 0.764)^aa	796 (52.1)	408 (53.0)	0.715	(0.715, 1.051)
3	666 (37.4)	127 (24.7)	1	1	549 (35.9)	244 (31.7)	1	1
Specialty
Repro-Endo	152 (8.5)	29 (5.6)	1.562	(1.037, 2.353)^a	142 (9.3)	39 (5.1)	1.920	(1.322, 2.768)^aa
Ob-Gyn	1631 (91.5)	488 (94.4)	1		1386 (90.7)	731 (94.9)	1	1
Annual patients with PCOS
<50	1240 (69.5)	409 (79.4)	0.638	(0.405, 1.005)	1083 (70.9)	566 (73.5)	0.837	(0.574, 1.220)
5-200	429 (24.1)	82 (15.9)	1.101	(0.668, 1.815)	349 (22.8)	162 (21.0)	0.943	(0.624, 1.417)
>200	114 (6.4)	24 (4.7)	1	1	96 (6.3)	42 (5.5)	1	1
The proportion of obesity in PCOS (%)
0-30	535 (30.0)	213 (41.4)	1.047	(0.684, 1.601)	477 (31.2)	271 (35.2)	0.704	(0.460, 1.077)
31-50	743 (41.7)	166 (32.2)	1.865	(1.215, 2.863)^a	609 (39.9)	300 (39.0)	0.812	(0.533, 1.237)
51-80	421 (23.6)	101 (19.6)	1.737	(1.107, 2.724)^a	357 (23.4)	165 (21.4)	0.865	(0.558, 1.342)
>80	84 (4.7)	35 (6.8)	1	1	85 (5.5)	34 (4.4)	1	1
The proportion of IR in PCOS (%)
0-30	1031 (71.3)	367 (71.3)	0.346	(0.203, 0.589)^aa	903 (59.1)	485 (64.3)	0.642	(0.437, 0.944)^a
30-60	622 (34.9)	132 (25.6)	0.580	(0.334, 1.007)	517 (33.8)	237 (30.8)	0.766	(0.514, 1.145)
>60	130 (7.3)	16 (3.1)	1	1	108 (7.1)	38 (4.9)	1	1

Abbreviations: Repro-Endo = reproductive endocrinologists; Ob-Gyn = obstetrician-gynecologists; PCOS = polycystic ovary syndrome; IR = insulin resistance. ^a and ^aa.