Table 3.

Comparison of Senior Medical Student Recommendations for Cardiac Vignette Patients Based on Vignette Patient Socioeconomic Status (SES), 2012

Variable	Vignette patient SES*						Χ2 (p value)
	1–2		3–4		7–9
	N	Procedure (%)	N	Procedure (%)	N	Procedure (%)
Total	5,087	39.9	3,451	41.4	5,122	47.0	56.06 (<0.001)
Vignette patient
Black male	1,232	41.9	911	44.5	1,246	46.1	4.62 (0.10)
Black female	1,309	41.4	862	40.6	1,285	47.9	15.19 (<0.001)
White male	1,269	40.3	827	40.9	1,273	46.8	12.96 (0.002)
White female	1,277	36.2	851	39.6	1,318	47.0	32.76 (<0.001)
Student gender
Male	2,516	38.6	1,654	42.4	2,464	45.8	26.08 (<0.001)
Female	2,461	41.1	1,740	39.9	2,542	48.0	35.13 (<0.001)
Unknown	110	42.7	57	59.6	118	50.9
Student race/ ethnicity
AA, H, NA	561	44.0	396	44.2	527	48.6	2.75 (0.25)
Other	4,355	39.4	2,952	40.5	4,406	46.7	53.48 (<0.001)
Unknown	171	38.6	103	56.3	189	48.1
Student SES†
Low/lower middle	727	40.2	490	44.3	684	47.7	8.07 (0.02)
Middle	2,040	39.5	1,335	40.1	2,007	45.9	20.21 (<0.001)
Upper middle	1,836	40.3	1,327	41.3	1,944	47.6	23.39 (<0.001)
Upper	326	39.0	204	39.2	319	47.0	5.19 (0.07)
Unknown	158	42.4	95	52.6	168	49.4
Geographic region
Central	1,401	38.3	947	40.4	1,382	48.5	31.79 (<0.001)
Northeast	1,089	38.9	733	38.7	1,152	46.2	15.57 (<0.001)
South	1,956	41.1	1,361	42.8	1,956	48.3	22.16 (<0.000)
West	641	41.5	410	44.1	632	41.0	1.11 (0.57)
School ownership
Private	1,350	40.3	932	39.4	1,406	46.7	16.69 (<0.001)
Public	3,737	39.8	2,519	42.2	3,716	47.	41.36 (<0.001)

*Socioeconomic status, grouped by ranking, with level 1 lowest SES and level 9 highest SES

^†Self-categorized socioeconomic status of family of origin