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. 2023 Mar 30;2(1):e000320. doi: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000320

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants

Baseline characteristics No or No (%)
Total No of participants 4826
Mean (standard deviation) age (years) 29.7 (3.4)
Female gender 2612 (54)
 Unknown 203 (4)
Mean (standard deviation) body mass index 23.9 (3.9)
Specialty*
 Internal medicine 1109 (24)
 Family practice 559 (12)
 Paediatrics 650 (14)
 General surgery and surgical specialties 416 (9)
 Emergency medicine 380 (8)
 Obstetrics/gynaecology 249 (5)
 Psychiatry 250 (5)
 Anaesthesiology 215 (5)
 Other (including combined) 807 (17)
Cohort
 PGY2+ residency, 2003-07 1747 (36)
 PGY2+ residency, 2015-17 3079 (64)

Data are number or number (%) of participants unless stated otherwise. PGY2+ residents=resident physicians at postgraduate year 2 and above.

*Column percentages might not add to 100% owing to rounding.