Chinese physicians’ perceptions of fecal microbiota transplantation

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of the factors associated with fecal microbiota transplantation awareness

Variable	P-vaule	OR	95%CI
Age	0.160	1.391	0.878-2.203
Region	< 0.0011
Region (North)	< 0.0011	0.288	0.163-0.508
Region (North East)	0.0111	0.385	0.185-0.800
Region (South Central)	0.058	3.005	0.963-9.376
Region (East)	0.089	0.555	0.282-1.093
Region (South West)	0.051	0.467	0.217-1.003
Educational background	< 0.0011	1.958	1.402-2.733
Professional title	0.0101	1.676	1.133-2.480
Level of hospital	0.069	1.759	0.958-3.228
Department	0.0011
Department (gastroenterology)	< 0.0011	4.182	1.895-9.229
Department (general surgery)	0.104	2.429	0.834-7.073
Department (endocrinology)	0.903	0.919	0.235-3.584
Working time on gastroenterology	0.476	1.090	0.860-1.383

¹P < 0.05. Age was divided into 4 groups: ≤ 30 years, 30-40 years (including 40 years), 40-50 years (including 50 years), > 50 years.