Table 3.
Comparisons of characteristics (factor scores) for the three factors
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | P* | Mean (SD) | P | Mean (SD) | P | |
| Gendera | ||||||
| Male (n = 185) | -0.09 (1.02) | 0.04 | -0.01 (1.01) | 0.87 | 0.09 (1.00) | 0.046 |
| Female (n = 126) | 0.14 (0.95) | -- | 0.01 (0.99) | -- | -0.14 (1.00) | -- |
| Place of Birtha | ||||||
| Iran (n = 270) | 0.00 (0.99) | 0.88 | 0.07 (0.98) | 0.005 | 0.03 (1.00) | 0.31 |
| Other (n = 33) | -0.03 (1.10) | -- | -0.46 (1.21) | -- | -0.16 (0.92) | -- |
| Religionb | ||||||
| Christian (n = 33) | -0.15 (0.89) | 0.51 | 0.11 (1.14) | 0.51 | -0.36 (1.04) | 0.09 |
| Jewish (n = 69) | 0.22 (1.22) | 0.08 | 0.16 (1.09) | 0.20 | 0.16 (0.98) | 0.16 |
| Other (n = 28) | -0.30 (0.83) | 0.17 | -0.36 (0.74) | 0.09 | 0.13 (1.04) | 0.43 |
| Muslim (n = 179) | -0.03 (0.93) | -- | -0.02 (0.96) | -- | -0.03 (0.98) | -- |
| Country of Medical Graduationa | ||||||
| Iran (n = 172) | -0.00 (0.99) | 0.96 | 0.19 (1.07) | 0.0001 | 0.11 (1.05) | 0.02 |
| USA & Other (n = 133) | +0.00 (1.01) | -- | -0.25 (0.86) | -- | -0.16 (0.91) | -- |
| Clinical Specialtyb | ||||||
| OB/GYN (n = 46) | -0.07 (0.76) | 0.97 | -0.08 (1.00) | 0.51 | -0.10 (1.11) | 0.36 |
| Family Prac (n = 59) | 0.16 (1.19) | 0.96 | 0.17 (1.28) | 0.99 | 0.21 (1.13) | 0.98 |
| Urologist (n = 26) | 0.05 (0.88) | 0.97 | -0.16 (0.76) | 0.89 | -0.18 (0.89) | 0.86 |
| Other (n = 180) | -0.04 (1.00) | -- | -0.01 (0.92) | -- | -0.02 (0.94) | -- |
| Place of Practiceb | ||||||
| Suburban (n = 167) | 0.05 (1.01) | -- | 0.05 (0.95) | -- | 0.07 (0.94) | -- |
| Urban (n = 126) | -0.06 (1.00) | 0.93 | -0.09 (0.99) | 0.77 | -0.06 (1.06) | 0.50 |
| Rural (n = 16) | -0.04 (0.94) | 0.99 | 0.23 (1.54) | 0.45 | -0.23 (1.15) | 0.80 |
| Ageb | ||||||
| 30-39 (n = 34) | 0.22 (1.14) | -- | -0.35 (0.83) | -- | -0.45 (0.91) | -- |
| 40-49 (n = 106) | -0.04 (0.97) | 0.69 | -0.24 (0.78) | 0.961 | -0.03 (0.96) | 0.19 |
| 50-59 (n = 67) | -0.07 (0.86) | 0.64 | 0.31 (1.14) | 0.011 | 0.04 (1.01) | 0.13 |
| > = 60 (n = 99) | -0.05 (1.04) | 0.66 | 0.201.07) | 0.012 | 0.18 (1.03) | 0.02 |
| Test of Trend | ||||||
| Age (Trend Test) | -0.00754** | 0.17 | 0.01683 | 0.002 | 0.01632 | 0.003 |
a t-test is used
bOne way ANOVA with Tukey multiple comparisons was used
*P is the p-value and it is considered significant at 0.05. ** Slope of age
Bold data are significant p value