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Table 3 Proportions of Japanese medical students who had interacted with the pharmaceutical industry

From: Medical students’ attitudes toward interactions with the pharmaceutical industry: a national survey in Japan

 

Preclinical

(n = 3395)*

Clinical

(n = 3376)*

Comparison of proportions, preclinical versus clinical✝

Type of gift or event

n

%

n

%

P value

Stationery

1031

30.4

3318

98.3

< .001

Medical textbook

181

5.3

901

26.7

< .001

Brochure

598

17.6

3328

98.6

< .001

Lunch provided at a promotional presentation

440

13.0

3332

98.8

< .001

Sponsored seminar

294

8.7

2703

80.1

< .001

  1. ✝Pearson’s chi-square test
  2. *Sample size varied by item because of non-respondents. The proportion of non-respondents was less than .18%
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