Engagement, not personal characteristics, was associated with the seriousness of regulatory adjudication decisions about physicians: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Step-wise model building sequence (model No.)

Model No.	Attended	Legally represented	Allegation	Source	Area of practice	Age	PMQ region	Outcome year	Sex	Licensed	Race	AIC	AIC change
1	∙											2534.7
2	∙	∙										2522.0	−12.7
3	∙	∙	∙									2458.1	−63.9
4	∙	∙	∙	∙								2449.0	−9.1
5	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙							2441.1	−7.9
6	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙						2440.6	−0.5
7	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙		∙					2440.3	−0.3
8	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙			∙				2448.0	7.7
9	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙				∙			2441.2	−6.7
10	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙					∙		2441.4	0.2
11	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙						∙	2444.8	3.4
12	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙		∙		∙	2445.1	0.2
13		∙	∙	∙	∙	∙	∙		∙		∙	2566.6	121.5
14	∙		∙	∙	∙	∙	∙		∙		∙	2458.3	−108.2
15			∙	∙	∙	∙	∙		∙		∙	2639.3	181.0

Marker: variable included in interim model. AIC Akaike information criterion, AIC change AIC per row minus that of the previous row

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