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

Table 2.

Percent representation of osteopathic physicians among first and senior authors of published articles in three journals of emergency medicine who held a dual degree.

1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 Adj R Sq P-value
Overall
 DO First 1.27 (1/79) 3.48 (4/115) 2.10 (3/143) 1.32 (3/227) 1.22 (3/246) 0.052 0.350
 DO Senior 0 (0/80) 1.19 (1/84) 0.78 (1/128) 0 (0/161) 0.93 (2/214) 0.060 0.344
 MD First 98.73 (78/79) 96.52 (111/115) 97.90 (140/143) 98.69 (224/227) 98.78 (243/246) 0.955 0.003
 MD Senior 100 (80/80) 98.81 (83/84) 99.22 (127/128) 100 (161/161) 99.07 (212/214) 0.934 0.005
JEM
 DO First 0 (0/16) 5.56 (1/18) 0 (0/27) 3.64 (2/55) 0 (0/61) −0.277 0.740
 DO Senior 0 (0/25) 0 (0/15) 0 (0/22) 0 (0/50) 1.61 (1/62) 0.278 0.209
 MD First 100 (16/16) 94.44 (17/18) 100 (27/27) 96.36 (53/55) 100 (61/61) 0.853 0.016
 MD Senior 100 (25/25) 100 (15/15) 100 (22/22) 100 (50/50) 98.39 (61/62) 0.687 0.052
Acad EM
 DO First 0 (0/35) 4.35 (2/46) 3.57 (2/56) 1.34 (1/88) 2.53 (2/79) 0.041 0.358
 DO Senior 0 (0/24) 2.86 (1/35) 1.79 (1/56) 0 (0/64) 1.31 (1/76) −0.231 0.653
 MD First 100 (35/35) 95.65 (44/46) 96.43 (54/56) 98.86 (87/88) 97.47 (77/79) 0.864 0.014
 MD Senior 100 (24/24) 97.14 (34/35) 98.21 (55/56) 100 (64/64) 98.68 (75/76) 0.998 0.000
Annals of EM
 DO First 3.57 (1/28) 1.96 (1/51) 1.67 (1/60) 1.19 (1/84) 0.94 (1/106) - -
 DO Senior 0 (0/31) 0 (0/34) 0 (0/50) 0 (0/47) 0 (0/76) - -
 MD First 96.43 (27/28) 98.04 (50/51) 98.33 (59/60) 98.81 (83/84) 99.06 (105/106) 0.971 0.001
 MD Senior 100 (31/31) 100 (34/34) 100 (50/50) 100 (47/47) 100 (76/76) 0.823 0.021

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