Table 3.

Characteristics Associated with Spending More than 75% of Professional Activities in Sports Medicine by American Board of Family Medicine Sports Medicine Certificate of Added Qualification Diplomats, 2003–2017

CharacteristicOdds Ratio (95% CI)
Age less than median (47.3 years)1.53 (1.12-2.08)
MD0.65 (0.38-1.09)
Most recent exam year 2011 to 2017 compared to earlier exam2.47 (1.62-3.78)
Faculty
 Yes0.79 (0.57-1.11)
 NoREF
Participates in an organized sports clinic6.43 (4.15-9.95)
Team physician level
 Professional1.48 (0.92-2.37)
 Adolescent0.98 (0.65-1.48)
 Child1.10 (0.46-2.66)
 International/amateur0.98 (0.54-1.76)
 Collegiate1.66 (1.10-2.50)
  • CI, confidence interval.