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Table 2 Associations with medical school acceptance

From: Association of applicant demographic factors with medical school acceptance

 

Univariate

Multivariate

Multivariate with Interaction Terms

 

OR

OR 95% CI

OR

OR 95% CI

OR

OR 95% CI

First-generation (FG)

0.68

0.67–0.70

1.14

1.10–1.18

1.01

0.96–1.08

Low-income (LI)

0.70

0.69–0.72

1.00

0.97–1.03

0.90

0.87–0.94

UiM

0.95

0.93–0.97

5.58

5.48–5.93

5.42

5.13–5.72

First-generation x UiM

    

0.80

0.74–0.87

Low-income x UiM

    

1.20

1.11–1.29

First-generation x Low-income

    

1.34

1.25–1.45

MCAT2015

1.18

1.18–1.18

1.19

1.18–1.19

1.19

1.18–1.19

Science GPAa

 Quintile 2 (3.19–3.48)

3.19

3.06–3.32

2.30

2.18–2.42

2.30

2.19–2.42

 Quintile 3 (3.49–3.69)

6.13

5.88–6.39

3.84

3.66–4.03

3.84

3.55–4.04

 Quintile 4 (3.70–3.87)

9.75

9.35–10.16

5.26

5.00–5.53

5.27

5.00–5.54

 Quintile 5 (3.88–4.00)

17.06

16.36–17.76

7.15

6.78–7.54

7.16

6.79–7.55

 Employment

1.01

0.99–1.03

1.01

0.99–1.04

1.01

0.96–1.04

 Medical employment

0.83

0.81–0.85

1.26

1.22–1.29

1.26

1.22–1.29

 Scholarly activities

1.41

1.38–1.44

1.09

1.06–1.12

1.09

1.06–1.11

 Honors/awards

1.81

1.77–1.85

1.19

1.16–1.22

1.19

1.16–1.22

 Shadowing

1.85

1.81–1.90

1.57

1.52–1.63

1.57

1.52–1.63

 Community service

1.64

1.61–1.67

1.47

1.43–1.51

1.47

1.43–1.51

 Other activities

2.12

2.17–2.26

1.47

1.43–1.51

1.47

1.43–1.51

  1. aScience GPAs were compared to quintile 1