Table 2

Physician characteristics associated with adenoma detection

Variable	OR	95% CI	P value
Male physician	0.98	0.88 to 1.08	0.633
Specialty training
Gastroenterology	Reference
Surgery	0.87	0.80 to 0.95	0.001
Internal medicine/family practice	0.70	0.55 to 0.88	0.003
Year of medicine graduation
<1980	Reference
1980–1990	1.25	1.09 to 1.42	0.002
1990–2000	1.32	1.15 to 1.50	<0.001
After 2000	1.48	1.30 to 1.69	<0.001
North American Medical School	0.95	0.84 to 1.07	0.368
Colonoscopy volume	1.00	0.96 to 1.06	0.856
DOPS
Achieved 3 or 4 on all major criteria	Reference
Achieved a 2 on any major criteria	0.97	0.89 to 1.07	0.551
Achieved a 1 on any major criteria	0.64	0.50 to 0.82	<0.001
No DOPS	0.92	0.83 to 1.02	<0.095
Patient age	1.30	1.29 to 1.32	<0.001
Patient male gender	1.97	1.92 to 2.02	<0.001
First FIT	1.16	1.14 to 1.19	<0.001
FIT value
FIT 10–15 mcg/g	Reference
FIT 15–20 mcg/g	1.24	1.19 to 1.29	<0.001
FIT 20–40 mcg/g	1.37	1.32 to 1.42	<0.001
FIT>40 mcg/g	1.87	1.81 to 1.93	<0.001

p-value of less than or equal to 0.05 is considered statistically significant and is highlighted in bold
DOPS, Direct Observation of Procedural Skills; FIT, faecal immunochemical test.