Table 2.

Predictors of currently having a mentor at MGH^{a, b}

	Bivariate Analysis		Multivariate Analysis
	Yes, n/N (%)	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Gender
Male	152/209 (72.7)	0.45	Ref
Female	146/192 (76.0)		1.15	0.68–1.93	0.61
Race
Non-minority	276/372 (74.2)	0.84	Ref
Minority	19/25 (76.0)		0.99	0.35–2.82	0.99
Rank
Instructor	157/189 (83.1)	0.002	Ref
Assistant Professorc	87/126 (69.0)		0.40	0.22–0.73	0.002
Associate Professor	29/46 (63.0)		0.30	0.14–0.68	0.004
Professor	25/39 (64.1)		0.17	0.07–0.42	< 0.001
Pathway
Investigator	158/177 (89.3)	< 0.001	Ref
Non-investigator	127/206 (61.7)		0.15	0.08–0.27	< 0.001

^aOutcome variable was assessed by asking the following question: “Do you currently have at least one person at Massachusetts General Hospital who you consider to be mentor?”

^bThis analysis excluded those who noted they had a mentor in the past (but not currently)

^cWhen Assistant Professors were used as the referent group, there was no statistically significant difference between Associate Professors and Assistant Professors (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.34–1.68) but there was a trend toward Professors less frequently having a current mentor than Assistant Professors (OR 0.43 95% CI 0.17–1.04)