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Table 3 Predictors of having a role as a mentor at MGH^a

From: The impact of active mentorship: results from a survey of faculty in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital

	Bivariate Analysis		Multivariate Analysis
	Yes, n/N (%)	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Gender
Male	207/278 (74.5)	< 0.001	Ref
Female	118/210 (56.2)		0.57	0.35–0.91	0.02
Race
Non-minority	303/454 (66.7)	0.53	Ref
Minority	19/31 (61.3)		1.62	0.67–3.91	0.28
Rank
Instructor	107/214 (50.0)	< 0.001	Ref
Assistant Professor	104/150 (69.3)		3.40	2.00–5.79	< 0.001
Associate Professor	60/67 (89.6)		11.5	4.35–30.5	< 0.001
Professor	53/56 (94.6)		19.8	5.51–71.4	< 0.001
Pathway
Investigator	161/208 (77.4)	< 0.001	Ref
Non-investigator	153/257 (59.5)		0.63	0.38–1.04	0.07
Have a mentor at MGH
Never	49/98 (50.0)	0.001	Ref
Currently	197/291 (67.7)		3.50	1.84–6.67	< 0.001
Previously	48/64 (75.0)		2.88	1.19–6.95	0.02
Stalled^b
No	228/351 (65.0)	0.09	Ref
Yes	35/65 (53.8)		0.93	0.47–1.84	0.83

^aOutcome variable was assessed by asking the following question “How many people do you currently mentor?” If faculty had at least one mentee, then they were considered having a role as a mentor
^bExcluding those who had a mentor in the past (not currently) and those of professor rank

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