Table 3.

GPs’ willingness to prescribe tamoxifen by responder characteristics (n = 928)

Characteristic	Willing, %	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Country
England	77.0	Ref	Ref
Wales	76.9	1.06 (0.49 to 2.29)	0.89
Northern Ireland	88.9	2.45 (0.72 to 8.34)	0.15

GP status (n= 919)
GP partner	78.0	0.95 (0.68 to 1.33)	0.77
Salaried/locum GP	76.4	Ref	Ref
GP specialist trainee	73.7	0.91 (0.32 to 2.64)	0.86

Sex
Male	79.9	1.38 (1.00 to 1.90)	0.05
Female	74.0	Ref	Ref

Age, years
<50	75.4	Ref	Ref
≥50	82.5	1.41 (0.92 to 2.14)	0.11

Experience, years
0–10	74.6	Ref	Ref
>10	79.6	1.18 (0.82 to 1.70)	0.38

Cancer specialism
Yes	81.4	1.36 (0.78 to 2.34)	0.28
No	76.8	Ref	Ref

Preventive medicine specialism
Yes	81.2	1.24 (0.73 to 2.10)	0.43
No	76.7	Ref	Ref

Family history specialism
Yes	75.0	0.49 (0.22 to 1.11)	0.09
No	77.5	Ref	Ref

Genetics specialism
Yes	83.3	1.75 (0.59 to 5.20)	0.32
No	77.2	Ref	Ref