Increased average number of medical publications per interviewee from 2009 to 2018: a study of 100 interviewees to an academic gastroenterology fellowship program

Table 2 Comparison of distribution of abstracts, articles, and total publications for interviewees for GI fellowship: 2009–2011 vs. 2016–2018 using non-parametric statistical analysis

Variable	2009–2011 (N = 48)	2016–2018 (N = 52)	P-value^α
Mean Number of abstracts	1.69 ± 0.37	7.54 ± 1.16	< 0.0001
Mean Number of articles	1.48 ± 0.30	6.13 ± 1.29	< 0.0001
Mean Number of publications	3.17 ± 0.48	12.76 ± 1.99	< 0.0001

^αStatistical analysis of two tailed p-values computed by Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon Rank Sum test

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