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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2016 Jan 6;246:115–120. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.12.044

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Characteristic Participants [N =147]

Male, No. (%) 66 (44.90%)

Age, mean (SD), y 29.64 (6.55)

Provider category
 Provider-in-practice 23 (15.65%)
 Provider-in-training 115 (78.23%)
 Medical Students 9 (6.12%)

Time since completion of residency or fellowship training, mean (SD) for providers-in-practice, y 9.33 (7.75)

Post graduate training year for providers-in-training, mean (SD) 1.77 (0.86)

Primary practice specialty, No. (%)

 Internal medicine 100 (68.03%)
 Family practice 16 (10.88%)
 Cardiology 1 (0.68%)
 Endocrinology 0 (0.00%)
 Other 21 (14.29%)
 Missing 9 (6.12%)

Non physician provider (nurse practitioner or physician assistant) 6 (4.08%)

Practice type, No (%)
 Academic 114 (77.55%)
 Private 0 (0.00%)
 Private with academic affiliation 2 (1.36%)
 Missing 31 (21.09%)

SD = standard deviation