Table 3.

Characteristics of the Respondents (n = 1248)

	Total	Positive Attitude Toward Prediabetes	Less Positive Attitude Toward Prediabetes	P Value
Sex				<.0001
Male	50.4	44.8	57.5
Female	49.6	55.2	42.5
Age (years)				.003
20–29	0.3	27.4	19.5
30–39	24.2	32	30.2
40–49	30.9	24.3	27.8
50–59	25.3	16.3	22.5
≥60	19.3
Race				.04
Hispanic	4.4	5.1	3.2
Non-Hispanic white	81.8	79.9	86.5
Non-Hispanic black	4.4	4.6	3
Asian/other	9.4	10.5	7.3
Rank				.002
Assistant professor	38.4	42.8	33.0
Associate professor	30.2	29.6	30.6
Full professor	20.2	16.7	25.1
Visiting professor	0.2	0.2	0.2
Not applicable	11	10.8	11.1
Terminal Degree				.008
MD	90.7	89.4	93.5
DO	8.9	10.6	6.1
Other	0.4	0	0.4
Half days in the clinic (n)				.54
<3	49.4	47.7	50.2
3 to 6	45.3	46.6	45.3
≥7	5.3	5.7	4.5
Years in practice				.003
1–10	29.6	32.2	25.2
11–20	31.4	33.3	29.6
21–30	23.1	21	26.2
>30	15.9	13.5	19
Proportion of patients with diabetes				.04
<10%	11.1	11.2	10.9
10–24%	55.1	52.5	59.6
25–49%	29.8	31.2	27
≥50%	4.0	5.1	2.5
Proportion of patients with prediabetes				.06
<10%	21.5	20.5	22.6
10–24%	58.9	57.6	61.4
25–49%	17.4	19	14.7
≥50%	2.2	2.9	1.3
Attitudes toward prediabetes
Range	13–37
Median	27