Table 3 Zero-inflated poisson regression (adjusted for clusters in universities) investigating the association between student characteristics and the number of first-author PubMed-indexed publications
Variable | Crude estimates | Adjusted estimatesa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
IRR (95% CI) | P value | IRR (95% CI) | P value | |
Gender | ||||
Woman (n = 1038) | 0.54 (0.26; 1.11) | 0.002* | 0.57 (0.37; 0.89) | 0.020* |
Other (n = 17) | 0.09 (0.03; 0.35) | 0.71 (0.13; 4.08) | ||
Man (n = 512) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Mixed (n = 105) | 1.16 (0.32; 4.13) | 0.520 | 2.19 (0.92; 5.23) | 0.272 |
Asian (n = 411) | 1.65 (0.54; 5.02) | 2.45 (0.98; 6.09) | ||
Black (n = 206) | 1.58 (0.32; 7.82) | 1.67 (0.81; 3.44) | ||
Other (n = 48) | 0.70 (0.12; 3.98) | 1.24 (0.47; 3.27) | ||
White (n = 798) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Russell Group University | ||||
Yes (n = 889) | 1.45 (0.35; 5.97) | 0.603 | 1.98 (0.84; 4.66) | 0.118 |
No (n = 684) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Number of research projects done in medical school | 1.15 (1.09; 1.21) | < 0.001* | 1.13 (1.08; 1.19) | < 0.001* |
Research perception | 1.09 (1.00; 1.20) | 0.051 | 1.17 (1.09; 1.26) | < 0.001* |
Previous degree | ||||
Yes (n = 269) | 0.17 (0.04; 0.71) | 0.016* | 0.30 (0.15; 0.61) | 0.001* |
No (n = 1304) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Prior research experience | ||||
Yes (n = 675) | 0.38 (0.19; 0.77) | 0.008* | 0.53 (0.28; 1.01) | 0.055 |
No (n = 898) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Stage of training | ||||
Clinical (n = 722) | 7.47 (1.04; 53.46) | 0.045* | 2.73 (0.74; 10.12) | 0.133 |
Pre-clinical (n = 851) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Works/worked part-time | ||||
Yes (n = 830) | 0.80 (0.31; 2.11) | 0.659 | 1.09 (0.67; 1.77) | 0.737 |
No (n = 711) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Parent has a degree | ||||
Yes (n = 1136) | 1.39 (0.54; 3.57) | 0.489 | 0.87 (0.36; 2.11) | 0.757 |
No (n = 395) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||
Secondary school | ||||
Independent (n = 283) | 0.91 (0.52; 1.59) | 0.946 | 1.97 (1.23; 3.15) | 0.018* |
Outside UK (n = 257) | 0.96 (0.23; 4.00) | 1.36 (0.62; 2.97) | ||
State (n = 1009) | 1 (Reference) | 1 (Reference) | ||