Table 4.

Bivariate analysis for re-grouping of specialization choices according to lifestyle, with comparison by gender

Grouping of specialty choice by lifestyle	Males		Females		OR (95 % CI)
	n	%	n	%		p-value
1st choice of specialty
Controllable lifestyle	8	11.1	13	18.1	0.67 (0.18-2.46)	0.543
Non-controllable lifestyle	64	88.9	59	81.9
2nd choice of specialty
Controllable lifestyle	17	25.0	23	32.9	0.85 (0.25-2.94)	0.807
Non-controllable lifestyle	51	75.0	47	67.1

Significance level of alpha 0.05, n number of students who chose specialty with their proportion, Options of ‘not-decided’ and ‘non-medical’ were excluded from this analysis

Odds ratio compares female: male selection of non-controllable versus controllable lifestyle