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Table 6 Odds Ratios (OR, simple and adjusted) and respective 95% Confidence Intervals (95%CI) from logistic regression of whether students failed at least one CU exam during the 1st year of medical school

From: Do students from public schools fare better in medical school than their colleagues from private schools? If so, what can we learn from this?

 

Simple

Adjusteda

OR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

Secondary school type

 Public

ref

 

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 Private

1.48

[1.21; 1.80]

1.33

[1.02; 1.75]

Secondary school with high grade inflation?

 No

ref

 

ref

 

 Yes

1.50

[1.19; 1.89]

1.29

[0.98;1.69]

Student gender

 Male

ref

 

ref

 

 Female

0.88

[0.72;1.08]

1.02

[0.80;1.29]

  1. aadjusted for type of secondary school (private vs. public), high grade inflation and student gender