Table 3.

Percent of Physicians Consistent in Their Gender Assessments of CHD Population Prevalence and Their Diagnostic Certainty for the Individual Patient, by Physician Characteristics^*

Physician Characteristics	n	% Consistent	p Value
Gender
Male	128	53.1	.62
Female	128	50.0
Clinical experience
More	128	48.4	.32
Less	128	54.7
Primed to consider CHD as a diagnosis
Yes	128	49.2	.45
No	128	53.9
Reported following medical literature closely
Yes	61	57.4	.30
No	195	49.7
Believes published prevalences are accurate
Yes	117	53.0	.68
No	139	47.0
Believes his/her patient population is similar to the general U.S. adult population
Yes	93	52.7	.79
No	163	47.3
Assessment of CHD prevalence in general U.S. adult population
No gender difference	115	62.6	.001
Higher in men	123	45.5
Higher in women	18	22.2

^*Unadjusted χ²p values; adjustment for other physician or patient factors did not appreciably affect results.

CHD, coronary heart disease.