Table 2.

Associations between demographic factors and pre-fellowship variables^1,2

Pre-fellowship variable
Demographic variable	USMLE 1	USMLE 2 CK	USMLE 3	LOR top qualifier	Abstracts pre-fellowship	Publications pre-fellowship
Sex	0.271	0.283	0.041	0.606	0.978	0.520
Age	0.021	0.223	0.298	0.969	0.066	0.032
Citizenship status	0.911	0.666	0.759	0.841	0.959	0.388
Med school location	0.899	0.512	0.649	0.278	0.280	0.247

Early pre-fellowship variable	Late pre-fellowship variable
	LOR top qualifier	Abstracts pre-fellowship	Publications pre-fellowship
USMLE 1	0.320	0.256	0.483
USMLE 2 CK	0.581	0.258	0.031
USMLE 3	0.395	0.246	0.849

Abbreviations: ITE, In-Training Examination; US, United States; USMLE, United States Medical Licensing Examination; CK, Clinical Knowledge; LOR, Letter of Recommendation

²Data are N (%) unless otherwise specified.