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. 2020 Mar 2;180(5):789–792. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.7540

Table 2. Sensitivity Analyses on Salary by Sex.

Sensitivity Analysis No. of Chairs Sex Difference in Salary [M-F] (95% CI), $ P Value F Cents per M Dollar (95% CI), $a P Value
All individualsb 514 67 517.05 (13 474.29 to 121 560.80)c .02 0.87 (0.71 to 1.03) .12
Excluding potentially erroneous salariesb 214 119 072.50 (49 427.39 to 188 717.70)c <.01 0.76 (0.58 to 0.95)c .02
Adjustment for publications and NIH grantsd 257 63 632.25 (2757.13 to 124 507.40)c .04 0.85 (0.72 to 0.98)c .03
Adjustment for publications, NIH grants, and state salary databasee 257 47 230.82 (−11 969.39 to 106 431) .11 0.88 (0.76 to 1.00)c .045

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; NIH, National Institutes of Health.

a

Female cents per male dollar was derived from a linear regression on log-transformed salary.

b

Adjusted for term length, specialty, inflation, title, and regional cost of living differences according to the 2017 Consumer Price Index while clustering standard errors by medical school.

c

P < .05.

d

Adjusted for term length, specialty, inflation, title, regional cost of living differences according to the 2017 Consumer Price Index, number of publications, and number of NIH grants while clustering standard errors by medical school.

e

Adjusted for term length, specialty, inflation, title, regional cost of living differences according to the 2017 Consumer Price Index, database, number of publications, and number of NIH grants while clustering standard errors by medical school.