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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2010 Apr 28;71(2):298–304. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.043

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study samples

Diabetes Study CHD Study
Germany
N=64		 UK
n=128		 US
N=192		 US
N=256
Physician Age
  Mean ±
  Standard Deviation		 49.9 ±
7.45		 43.4 ±
8.73		 46.7 ±
9.04		 46.2 ± 10.32
Physician Race
  Non-white 0.0%
(0/64)		 9.4%
(12/127)		 20.0%
(38/190)		 27.3% (68/249)
  White 100.0%
(64/64)		 90.6%
(115/127)		 80.0%
(152/190)		 72.7% (181/249)
  Medical School Training (CHD Study Only)
   US Trained N/A N/A N/A 84.0% (215/256)
   Non-US Trained N/A N/A N/A 16.0% (41/256)
*

Each study includes equal numbers of male/female physicians and less/more experienced physicians