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. 2009 Jun 7;9:32. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-32

Table 3.

Variables that were significantly associated with female advantage or male advantage in univariate analyses

Variable B SE p * OR
Females advantage

Year
 1995 not sig
 1996 not sig
 1997 not sig
 1998 not sig
 1999 not sig
 2000 not sig
 2001 1.773 .536 0.001 5.89
 2002 reference
Theme A vs. all others -.823 .312 .008 0.44
Theme B vs. all others -.816 .260 .002 0.44
Theme C vs. all others -.823 .312 .008 0.44
Theme D vs. all others 1.498 .322 <.001 4.47
having some in-class assessment 1.822 .493 <.001 6.19
having some short-answer questions 1.008 .264 <.001 2.74
having some TFA questions -1.700 .345 <.001 0.18

Males advantage

Theme A vs all others -1.248 .624 .045 0.29
Theme B vs all others 2.315 .622 <.001 10.12
Theme C vs all others -1.248 .624 .045 0.29
having some short answer questions -1.548 .745 .038 0.21
having some TFA questions 3.260 .744 <.001 26.04

corrected for multiple comparisons

OR = Odds ratio; Theme A = the cell; Theme B = the man; Theme C = the society; Theme D = the doctor.