Should applicants to Nottingham University Medical School study a non-science A-level? A cohort study

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Table 1 The entry cohort and study/excluded groups

	Pre-admission characteristic	entry cohort n = 210		study cohort n = 164		excluded students n = 46
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender	Male	90	43	71	43	19	41
	Female	120	57	93	57	27	59
Ethnicity	White	149	71	117	71	32	70
	Non-White	53	25	42	25	11	24
	Not declared	8	4	5	3	3	6
Age group	19 or under (Younger)	184	88	147	90	37	80
	Over 19 (Older)	26	12	17	10	9	20
Fee status	Home or EU	182	87	143	87	39	85
	Overseas	28	13	21	13	7	15
A-level subjects	Non-science A-level	61	29	45	27	16	35
	All science A-levels	147	70	119	73	28	61
	Other/unknown	2	1			2	4
Number of A-levels	4 A-levels	82	39	61	37	21	46
	3 A-levels	126	60	103	623	23	50
	Other/unknown	2	1			2	4
Average tariff point score	Higher (> = 110)	158	75	128	78	30	65
	Lower (<110)	42	20	33	20	9	20
	Unknown	10	5	3	2	7	15

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