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Table 4 Predictors of publishing and number of publications

From: Perceived barriers towards the importance and application of medical research: a source of gender disparity among medical undergraduates

 

Being able to publish a manuscript in peer reviewed journal (Yes/No)

Number of publications (1–10)

 

Binary Logistic Regression Model

Linear Regression Model

 

p-value

B

Odds Ratio

Lower 95% CI for (OR)

Upper 95% CI for (OR)

p-value

B

ß

Lower 95% CI for (B)

Upper 95% CI for (B)

Men

0.050

0.502

1.653

1.000

2.731

0.002

0.175

0.113

0.063

0.288

Women (Reference)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

GPA

0.594

− 0.181

0.835

0.430

1.622

0.928

0.007

0.003

− 0.139

0.152

Confidence in leading a research project

0.000

0.230

1.259

1.118

1.418

0.019

0.028

0.100

0.005

0.052

Attitudes score

0.442

− 0.015

0.985

0.947

1.024

0.906

0.001

0.005

− 0.008

0.009

Knowledge barriers score

0.024

− 0.078

0.925

0.865

0.990

0.020

− 0.019

− 0.107

− 0.034

− 0.003

Organizational barriers score

0.643

− 0.007

0.993

0.962

1.024

0.658

− 0.002

− 0.018

− 0.009

0.005

Miscellaneous barriers score

0.440

0.019

1.019

0.972

1.068

0.835

− 0.001

− 0.009

− 0.012

0.010

Previous research training

0.037

− 0.544

0.581

0.348

0.967

0.040

− 0.119

− 0.076

− 0.232

− 0.006

Willingness to pursue an academic career

0.172

0.360

1.434

0.854

2.406

0.539

0.036

0.023

− 0.078

0.149

Conducting case reports

0.024

0.706

2.025

1.099

3.371

0.006

0.226

0.103

0.066

0.386

Conducting retrospective studies

0.616

0.155

1.167

0.637

2.138

0.045

0.152

0.074

0.004

0.300

Conducting cross-sectional studies

0.007

0.676

1.965

1.198

3.225

0.000

0.236

0.149

0.123

0.350

Conducting prospective studies

0.913

0.059

1.061

0.366

3.074

0.150

0.215

0.054

− 0.078

0.507

Conducting basic science studies (e.g., animal studies)

0.021

0.894

2.445

1.142

5.235

0.000

0.517

0.177

0.309

0.725

Conducting randomized controlled trials

0.540

0.348

1.146

0.466

4.301

0.475

− 0.114

− 0.026

− 0.428

0.199

Conducting systematic reviews

0.002

1.065

2.900

1.457

5.772

0.000

0.360

0.150

0.174

0.547

Conducting meta-analyses

0.883

− 0.059

0.943

0.433

2.056

0.228

0.119

0.048

− 0.075

0.314