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Table 3 Performance in OHS by undergraduate predictors † Means with matching symbol are significantly different (N = 129). Mean ± SD or %

From: Predicting professional school performance with a unique lens: are there other cognitive predictors?

 

N

Mean OHS GPA (Mean ± SD)

% B+ or better grade in OHS Physiology

% B+ or better grade in OHS Biochemistry

Gender

 Female

72

3.49 ± 0.27

50

61

 Male

57

3.51 ± 0.27

68

70

P value

 

0.69

0.035

0.28

Age

  < =23

79

3.55 ± 0.26

66

70

  > 23

50

3.43 ± 0.26

46

58

P value

 

.014

.026

.18

Undergraduate Major

 Biology, Chemistry, Physiology

92

3.51 ± 0.27

58

67

 Health Sciences

12

3.49 ± 0.26

50

67

 Anthropology, Human Behavior

6

3.35 ± 0.26

50

50

 Engineering, Math

3

3.57 ± 0.20

67

67

 Business

5

3.42 ± 0.18

60

20

 Other

11

3.60 ± 0.26

73

73

P value

 

.53

.91

.35

Undergraduate School Region

 Massachusetts

35

3.40 ± 0.26 †

46

63

 Other New England

15

3.49 ± 0.25

53

53

 Mid-Atlantic, Maryland, Washington DC

23

3.52 ± 0.22

70

65

 South

24

3.56 ± 0.25

54

63

 Midwest

14

3.65 ± 0.28 †

78

86

 West

17

3.47 ± 0.30

59

65

 Outside US

1

3.88

100

100

P value

 

.036

.33

.65

# Undergraduate BCP credits

  < =53

26

3.48 ± 0.25

54

50

 54–66

36

3.46 ± 0.29

53

58

 67–75

33

3.52 ± 0.25

64

73

  > =76

34

3.54 ± 0.28

62

77

P value

 

.64

.75

.11

# Undergraduate BCPM credits

  < =66

32

3.48 ± 0.27

56

50

 67–75

26

3.48 ± 0.31

54

62

 76–87

38

3.54 ± 0.25

63

76

  > =88

33

3.49 ± 0.25

58

70

P value

 

.74

.89

.12