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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jun 2;98(1):210–216. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.141

Table 2.

Initial risk estimates for vignettes by rater category.

All vignettes Vignette 1
Low risk
Vignette 2
Low risk
Vignette 3
Average risk
Vignette 4
High risk
Vignette 5
High risk
All participants 24.9 ± 18.1 14.9 ± 10.6 15.7 ± 11.1 23.7 ± 16.1 35.5 ± 18.9 39.1 ± 18.9
Trainees 30.5 ± 19.1 18.0 ± 8.9 21.8 ± 13.7 33.1 ± 19.4 40.8 ± 21.0 44.2 ± 18.5
Surgeons 23.1 ± 17.5 13.8 ± 11.0 13.9 ± 9.6 20.8 ± 14.0 33.8 ± 18.2 37.5 ± 19.0
p value 0.004 0.110 0.060 0.051 0.290 0.275