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Table 4 Results of multiple regression analyses testing the relation between IAT D-scores and gender, position specialty, corrected for region and age: full model including non-significant interaction terms

From: Implicit gender-career bias in postgraduate medical training still exists, mainly in residents and in females

 

Multiple regression analysis

B (95% CI)

p-value

Gender:

 

0.04

 Female

0.14 (0.01; 0.28)

 

 Male

reference

 

Position:

 

0.04

 Resident

0.13 (0.01; 0.25)

 

 Clinical trainer

reference

 

Specialty:

 

0.43

 Surgicala

0.04 (0.06; 0.15)

 

 Non-surgicalb

reference

 

Region:

 

0.03

 Southeast

0.08 (0.01; 0.16)

 

 Northeast

reference

 

Age

0.01 (0.00; 0.01)

0.05

Gender*position

−0.00 (−0.16; 0.16)

0.97

Gender*specialty

−0.10 (−0.27; 0.06)

0.21

  1. Note
  2. aSurgical specialties included general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, ear-nose-throat, maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology and obstetrics & gynecology
  3. bNon-surgical specialties included cardiology, internal medicine, respiratory medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, intensive care medicine, neurology, dermatology, rheumatology, psychiatry, rehabilitation medicine, sport medicine, anesthesiology, pathology, radiology, radiotherapy, medical microbiology and clinical geriatrics
  4. Significant p-value (p < 0.05)
  5. Model R square = 0.038