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Table 1 Association between student admission pathway and student graduation

From: Admission criteria and academic performance in medical school

Admission pathway

Applications

Admission

Graduation

 

N

N

per application

per pathway

N students a (%)

Odds of graduating on time

  

OR(95%CI)

AOR(95%CI) *

P*

NUA

7468

113

1.5%

14%

112(99. 1%)

39.44(5.47–284.50)

10.00(1.26–79.25)

0.029

P

1987

143

7.3%

17.7%

133(93. 0%)

0.22(0.11–0.42)

0.43(0.20–0.93)

0.03

I

NA

234

NA%

29.0%

141(60. 3%)

0.28(0.20–0.39)

0.38(0.23–0.65)

 < 0.001

M

3428

112

3.2%

13.9%

111(99. 1%)

39.01(5.41–281.44)

4.64(0.61–35.34)

0.140

UEC

NA

67

NA

8.3%

66(98.5%)

21.33(2.94–154.79)

7.29(1.06–64.70)

0.044

Others

NA

139

NA

17.2%

63(45.3%)

0.16(0.11–0.23)

0.62(0.34–1.14)

0.123

Total

 

808

NA

100.0%

626(77. 5%)

   
  1. Abbreviations: NUA National Unified, P Parallel, I International, M Makrumah, UEC University Employees Children
  2. a Students Graduating on time; OR Odd ratio, AOR Adjusted odd ratio
  3. *Logistic regression adjusted to high school score and high school type, NA Data not available