Table 4.
Logistic regression for factors associated with surgical specialty preference (N = 9313)
| All | Subgroup analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aOR (95 % CI) | Men | Women | ||
| aOR (95 % CI) | aOR (95 % CI) | |||
| Men (ref: women) | 2.537* (2.296–2.804) | |||
| Age | 0.985 (0.968–1.003) | 0.974* (0.954–0.995) | 1.024 (0.986–1.064) | |
| Grade | 1st | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 2nd | 0.907 (0.802–1.027) | 0.967 (0.836–1.119) | 0.768* (0.608–0.970) | |
| 3rd | 0.909 (0.795–1.040) | 0.949 (0.809–1.113) | 0.805 (0.625–1.038) | |
| 4th | 1.022 (0.890–1.173) | 1.065 (0.903–1.256) | 0.876 (0.677–1.135) | |
| Medical college (ref: graduate medical school) | 0.885* (0.790–0.991) | 0.849* (0.743–0.970) | 1.009 (0.810–1.256) | |
| Metropolitan hometown (ref: nonmetropolitan) | 1.031 (0.938–1.134) | 1.055 (0.941–1.182) | 0.970 (0.815–1.154) | |
| Metropolitan school (ref: nonmetropolitan) | 0.892* (0.806–0.988) | 0.840* (0.743–0.949) | 1.032 (0.858–1.241) | |
*P < 0.05