Table 1. Baseline Characteristics According to MPH Education Completion among Medical School Graduates.
| MPH* (n = 190) | No MPH** (n = 918) | P value | |
| Age at school of medicine graduation, n(%) | |||
| ≤26 years | 111 (58.4) | 559 (60.9) | 0.5 |
| >26 | 79 (41.6) | 359 (39.1) | |
| Women, n(%) | 75 (39.5) | 301 (32.8) | 0.08 |
| White race, n(%) | 156 (82.1) | 743 (80.9) | 0.71 |
| Undergraduate university region, n(%) | |||
| Southern region | 61 (32.6) | 467 (51.3) | <0.001 |
| Other region ‡ | 126 (67.4) | 444 (48.7) | |
| Undergraduate science major, n(%) | 160 (84.2) | 807 (87.9) | 0.16 |
| Undergraduate grade point average, n(%) | |||
| <3.4 | 85 (44.7) | 419 (45.6) | 0.82 |
| > = 3.4 | 105 (55.3) | 499 (54.4) | |
| MCAT score, n(%) | |||
| <30 | 126 (66.3) | 649 (70.7) | 0.23 |
| > = 30 | 64 (33.7) | 269 (29.3) | |
| Time since medical school graduation, n(%) | |||
| <15 years | 74 (38.9) | 277 (30.2) | 0.02 |
| > = 15 years | 116 (61.1) | 641 (69.8) | |
*
Including all public health degree completion: MPH, MSPH or MPH&TM; **Including no public health degree completion.
‡
Other region includes north, midwest, and west coast regions, and outside the US.
MCAT-Medical College Admissions Test; grade point average on 1–4 scale.