Table 1.
Demographic information (N=2661).
| Variable | No knowledge (n=1142) | Minimal knowledge (n=578) | Adequate knowledge (n=941) | Total | P value | ||
| Age (y), mean (SD) | 22.01 (3.41) | 21.45 (3.81) | 21.34 (3.12) | 21.34 (3.12) | <.001 | ||
| Gender, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||
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Male | 277 (31.66) | 203 (23.2) | 395 (45.14) | 875 (32.88) |
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Female | 858 (48.61) | 371 (21.02) | 536 (30.37) | 1765 (66.32) |
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Nonbinary or third gender | 2 (25) | 2 (25) | 4 (50) | 8 (0.01) |
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Prefer not to say | 2 (20) | 2 (20) | 6 (60) | 10 (0.01) |
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Other | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.01) |
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| Type of university, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||
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Public | 397 (48.18) | 175 (21.24) | 252 (30.58) | 824 (30.96) |
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Private | 745 (40.56) | 403 (21.94) | 689 (37.51) | 1837 (69.04) |
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| Region, n (%) | .004 | ||||||
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Central America | 116 (53.21) | 43 (19.72) | 59 (27.06) | 218 (8.2) |
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South America | 1026 (42) | 535 (21.9) | 882 (36.1) | 2443 (91.8) |
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| Major, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||
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Medicine | 212 (23.85) | 223 (25.08) | 454 (51.07) | 889 (33.4) |
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Nursing | 36 (73.47) | 4 (8.16) | 9 (18.37) | 49 (1.84) |
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Nutrition | 24 (41.38) | 13 (22.41) | 21 (36.21) | 58 (2.17) |
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Dentistry | 777 (53) | 286 (19.51) | 403 (27.49) | 1466 (55.09) |
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Therapy | 18 (40.91) | 7 (15.91) | 19 (43.18) | 44 (1.65) |
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Psychology | 19 (42.22) | 19 (42.22) | 7 (15.56) | 45 (1.69) |
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Pharmacology | 13 (86.67) | 1 (6.67) | 1 (6.67) | 15 (0.56) |
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Other | 43 (45.26) | 25 (26.32) | 27 (28.42) | 95 (3.57) |
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