Table 4 Association between the characteristics of the students and their NRE achievement (ranking in the top 1500 students in the NRE)

 Pass in first-year medical school exams at first attempt

6.1 [2.3–16.0]

< 0.001

5.7 [2.1–15.1]

< 0.001

 Private lectures

3.89 [1.1–14.2]

0.04

3.0 [0.8–11.8]

0.11

 Student job^b

0.6 [0.1–2.2]

0.54

0.9 [0.2–4.0]

0.88

 Grant holder

0.2 [0.2–1.4]

0.10

0.2 [0.0–2.0]

0.19

 Regular sporting activity

1.2 [0.5–3.0]

0.62

1.4 [0.5–3.6]

0.51

 Living with parents

1.5 [0.6–4.0]

0.45

1.7 [0.6–5.1]

0.32

 Commute > 30 min

0.2 [0.1–1.8]

0.11

0.2 [0.0–1.8]

0.15

 At least 1 parent in high socio-professional category

1.0 [0.4–2.9]

0.96

0.7 [0.2–2.3]

0.53

 1 parent unemployed

0.8 [0.1–8.1]

1.0

1.1 [0.1–13.5]

0.95

 1 parent is a doctor (MD)

3.4 [0.9–12.3]

0.07

3.2 [0.8–13.5]

0.11