Table 3.

Linear or quadratic association of PRA, AA-Med and TFA scores adjusted between then with correct, wrong, and blank answers for Immunology and Microbiology examinations

	Immunology			Microbiology
	β	CI 95%	Pr( >|t|)	β	CI 95%	Pr( >|t|)
Outcome: correct answer
PRA	0.27	(− 0.21; 0.75)	0.27	− 0.03	(− 0.57; 0.51)	0.90
AA-Med	5.73	(1.52; 9.93)	< 0.01	2.93	(− 2.12; 7.98)	0.25
AA-Med—squared	− 0.15	(− 0.26; − 0.04)	< 0.01	− 0.08	(− 0.20; 0.047)	0.22
TFA	0.25	(− 0.21; 0.71)	0.29	− 0.04	(− 0.59; 0.52)	0.90
Sex
Female	Ref			Ref
Male	− 1.73	(− 6.69; 3.23)	0.49	− 0.87	(− 3.99; 2.26)	0.58
Course grade average	9.16	(7.34; 10.97)	< 0.001	4.84	(2.74; 6.94)	< 0.001
Admission grade	− 1.33	(− 5.13; 2.46)	0.49	− 4.22	(− 8.08; − 0.36)	0.03
Age	− 0.54	(− 2.64; 1.56)	0.61	− 0.23	(− 3.10; 2.64)	0.87
Outcome: wrong answer
PRA	0.19	(− 0.05; 0.44)	0.12	− 0.34	(− 0.78; 0.09)	0.12
AA-Med	1.18	(− 0.99; 3.36)	0.28	− 0.63	(− 1.21; − 0.04)	0.04
AA-Med—squared	− 0.03	(− 0.09; 0.02)	0.25	–	–	–
TFA	0.12	(− 0.12; 0.36)	0.31	0.38	(− 0.07; 0.82)	0.10
Sex
Female	Ref			Ref
Male	− 0.84	(− 3.40; 1.73)	0.52	0.71	(− 1.82; 3.23)	0.58
Course grade average	− 1.75	(− 2.69; − 0.81)	< 0.001	− 1.34	(− 3.04; 0.35)	0.12
Admission grade	0.39	(− 1.57; 2.36)	0.69	0.53	(− 2.59; 3.64)	0.74
Age	0.52	(− 0.57; 1.60)	0.35	0.80	(− 1.51; 3.10)	0.50
Outcome: blank answer
PRA	− 0.46	( − 1.08; 0.16)	0.14	0.39	(− 0.46; 1.25)	0.36
AA-Med	− 6.91	(− 12.35; − 1.46)	0.01	0.83	(− 0.32; 1.98)	0.16
AA-Med—squared	0.18	(0.04; 0.32)	< 0.01	–	–	–
TFA	− 0.37	(− 0.96; 0.22)	0.22	− 0.40	(− 1.27; 0.48)	0.37
Sex
Female	Ref			Ref
Male	2.57	(− 3.85; 8.99)	0.43	0.20	(− 4.75; 5.15)	0.94
Course grade average	− 7.40	(− 9.75; − 5.06)	< 0.001	− 3.60	(− 6.92; − 0.28)	0.03
Admission grade	0.94	(− 3.98; 5.86)	0.71	3.57	(− 2.54; 9.67)	0.25
Age	0.02	(− 2.70; 2.75)	0.99	− 0.37	(− 4.89; 4.15)	0.87

Pearson risk attitude (PRA), Ambiguity aversion in medicine (AA-Med), and of tolerance for ambiguity (TFA), respectively

Items in bold reached statistical significance