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. 2016 May 5;17(3):367–371. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2016.2.29779

Table 1.

Percent representation of osteopathic and allopathic physicians among first and senior authors of published articles in three journals of emergency medicine.

1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 Adj R Sq P-value
Overall
 DO First 3.82 (21/550) 3.60 (21/583) 3.65 (23/631) 2.79 (20/717) 2.68(19/708) 0.020 0.375
 DO Senior 2.06 (9/436) 1.36 (6/442) 1.72 (9/523) 1.17 (7/600) 1.46 (9/615) −0.322 0.882
 MD First 96.18 (529/550) 96.40 (562/583) 96.35 (608/631) 97.21 (697/717) 97.32 (689/708) 0.677 0.055
 MD Senior 97.94 (427/436) 98.64 (436/442) 98.28 (514/523) 98.83 (593/600) 98.54 (606/615) 0.978 0.001
JEM
 DO First 3.91 (5/128) 5.63 (8/142) 2.89 (5/173) 3.36 (8/238) 2.85 (7/246) −0.092 0.475
 DO Senior 2.88 (3/104) 2.5 (3/120) 1.85 (3/162) 0.45 (1/223) 2.13 (5/235) −0.287 0.764
 MD First 96.09 (123/128) 94.37 (134/142) 97.11 (168/173) 96.64 (230/238) 97.15 (239/246) 0.833 0.020
 MD Senior 97.12 (101/104) 97.5 (117/120) 98.15 (159/162) 99.55 (222/223) 97.87 (230/235) 0.927 0.006
Acad EM
 DO First 3.24 (6/185) 3.40 (8/235) 4.07 (9/221) 2.90 (7/241) 3.57 (7/196) −0.301 0.802
 DO Senior 1.53 (2/131) 1.18 (2/170) 1.56 (3/192) 1.94 (4/206) 1.20 (2/166) −0.130 0.516
 MD First 96.76 (179/185) 96.60 (227/235) 95.93 (212/221) 97.10 (234/241) 96.43 (189/196) −0.333 0.972
 MD Senior 98.47 (129/131) 98.82 (168/170) 98.44 (189/192) 98.06 (202/206) 98.80 (164/166) 0.412 0.146
Annals of EM
 DO First 4.22 (10/237) 2.43 (5/206) 3.80 (9/237) 2.10 (5/238) 1.88 (5/266) 0.208 0.248
 DO Senior 1.99 (4/201) 0.66 (1/152) 1.78 (3/169) 1.17 (2/171) 0.93 (2/214) −0.097 0.480
 MD First 95.78 (227/237) 97.57 (201/206) 96.20 (228/237) 97.90 (233/238) 98.12 (261/266) −0.136 0.522
 MD Senior 98.01 (197/201) 99.34 (151/152) 98.22 (166/169) 98.83 (169/171) 99.07 (212/214) 0.390 0.156

DO, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; MD, Doctor of Medicine; Annals, Annals of Emergency Medicine; AEM, Academic Emergency Medicine; JEM, Journal of Emergency Medicine