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Table 2 The medical students in the primary and secondary cohort, divided into pre-clinical and clinical courses as well as gender (female/male), were asked the question: “Did you notice other students being discriminated / favored /receiving unwelcome comments due to her/his gender?” Prevalence (percent) of the medical students who answered ‘yes’ to this question (weighted to represent the total population of medical students during 2002 and 2013, respectively). Ratios presented are the prevalence in 2013 divided by the prevalence in 2002, with corresponding 95% confidence intervals. A ratio > 1 indicates that the condition has an increased prevalence in 2013. The p-values result from tests where the null hypotheses are that the ratios are the same between the males and the females. Thus, a p-value < 0.5 indicates a statistically significant ratio between the sexes over the time period

From: Medical students’ self-reported gender discrimination and sexual harassment over time

Did you notice that other students experienced ......due to her/his gender?

Cohort

Pre-clinical

Clinical

Females

Males

Females

Males

(… discrimination …

2002 (percent)

26.6

10.5

42.6

31.1

2013 (percent)

22.4

14.6

41.3

25.0

Ratio (2013/2002)

0.84 (0.67–1.06)

1.39 (0.57–3.37)

0.97 (0.81–1.17)

0.80 (0.65–1.00)

p-value

0.246

0.244

… favoritism …

2002 (percent)

31.6

18.6

66.4

42.8

2013 (percent)

22.9

17.8

53.0

33.0

Ratio (2013/2002)

0.72 (0.61–0.86)

0.95 (0.60–1.52)

0.80 (0.73–0.88)

0.77 (0.65–0.91)

p-value

0.369

0.785

…. intrusive unwelcome acts … ).

2002 (percent)

19.7

16.4

27.1

32.6

2013 (percent)

20.8

14.7

25.5

20.2

Ratio (2013/2002)

1.06 (0.75–1.48)

0.89 (0.56–1.44)

0.94 (0.73–1.20)

0.62 (0.52–0.74)

p-value

0.596

0.040