Table 3

Associations with an ACVRa being performed for a problem for which an ACVRa is indicated (logistic regression models)

Factor group	Covariate	Class	Univariate		Adjusted
Factor group	Covariate	Class	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Model 1 (including patient, registrar and practice variables)
Patient factors	Patient age group Referent: 45–54	55–64 years	1.02 (0.85 to 1.22)	0.87	1.05 (0.88 to 1.27)	0.59
		65–74 years	0.89 (0.74 to 1.07)	0.21	0.88 (0.73 to 1.07)	0.20
		75+ years	0.55 (0.43 to 0.70)	<0.001	0.48 (0.37 to 0.63)	<0.001
	Patient gender	Female	0.84 (0.74 to 0.96)	0.012	0.88 (0.77 to 1.01)	0.070
	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Yes	1.71 (1.15 to 2.55)	0.008	1.60 (1.04 to 2.46)	0.031
	Patient/practice status	New to registrar	0.59 (0.51 to 0.70)	<0.001	0.57 (0.48 to 0.67)	<0.001
	Patient/practice status	New to practice	0.24 (0.15 to 0.39)	<0.001	0.19 (0.11 to 0.33)	<0.001
Practice factors	Region Referent: region 1	Region 2	1.50 (0.98 to 2.29)	0.060	1.27 (0.77 to 2.10)	0.34
		Region 3	1.54 (1.12 to 2.12)	0.008	1.52 (1.10 to 2.10)	0.011
		Region 4	1.27 (0.91 to 1.76)	0.155	1.17 (0.84 to 1.64)	0.343
		Region 5	1.74 (1.19 to 2.54)	0.004	1.69 (1.16 to 2.48)	0.007
Registrar factors	Registrar age		1.02 (0.99 to 1.04)	0.165	1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)	0.90
Registrar factors	Years worked prior to GP training		1.04 (0.99 to 1.09)	0.148	1.04 (0.99 to 1.10)	0.080
Model 2 (including all above variables+consultation variables)
Consultation factors	New problem seen	Yes	1.37 (1.17 to 1.61)	<0.001	1.43 (1.20 to 1.71)	<0.001
	Sought help any source	Other sources	2.61 (2.10 to 3.24)	<0.001	2.06 (1.54 to 2.76)	<0.001
	Referent: no help sought	Supervisor	1.38 (1.02 to 1.86)	0.038	0.80 (0.53 to 1.21)	0.30
	Consultation duration (minutes)		1.02 (1.01 to 1.02)	<0.001	1.01 (1.01 to 1.02)	0.001
	Pathology ordered	Yes	0.87 (0.75 to 1.00)	0.047	0.77 (0.64 to 0.91)	0.003
	Follow-up ordered	Other GP in the practice	0.86 (0.61 to 1.20)	0.36	0.89 (0.58 to 1.36)	0.58
	Referent: no follow-up	With themselves	1.63 (1.43 to 1.86)	<0.001	1.31 (1.11 to 1.55)	0.002
	Learning goals generated	Yes	2.15 (1.78 to 2.60)	<0.001	1.40 (1.09 to 1.81)	0.009
	Referral ordered	Yes	1.57 (1.23 to 2.00)	<0.001	1.41 (1.06 to 1.88)	0.019

ACVRa, absolute cardiovascular risk assessment; GP, general practice.