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. 2020 Mar 26;138(5):451–458. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0164

Table. Characteristics of Journal and Society Board Members by Sex.

Characteristic Journal P value Society P value Journal vs society P value
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Board members
Board leadership, No./total No. (%) 24/24 (100) 23/24 (95.8) 1/24 (4.2) .20 15/15 (100) 13/15 (86.7) 2/15 (13.3) .25 .004
All members, No./total No. (%) 859/859 (100) 639/859 (74.4) 220/859 (25.6) 218/218 (100) 158/218 (72.5) 60/218 (27.5) .60
Degree type, No. (%)
MD 412 (48.3) 335 (52.9) 77 (35.0) <.001 187 (86.2) 141 (89.8) 46 (76.7) .04 <.001
PhD 226 (26.5) 153 (24.2) 73 (33.2) 10 (4.6) 5 (3.2) 5 (8.3) <.001
MD/PhD 215 (25.2) 145 (22.9) 70 (31.8) 20 (9.2) 11 (7.0) 9 (15.0) <.001
Location, No. (%)
US 504 (58.7) 376 (58.9) 128 (58.2) .85 207 (95.0) 151 (95.6) 56 (93.3) .74 <.001
Outside the US 354 (41.3) 262 (41.1) 92 (41.8) 11 (5.0) 7 (4.4) 4 (6.7) <.001
Career path of US members, No. (%)
Academic 448 (88.9) 330 (87.8) 118 (92.2) .15 167 (80.7) 118 (78.1) 49 (87.5) .14 <.001
Nonacademic 56 (11.1) 46 (12.2) 10 (7.8) 40 (19.3) 33 (21.9) 7 (12.5) <.001
Years in publishing, median (IQR)
Board leaders 39 (29-44) 38 (28-44) 40 .83 30 (23-36) 30 (24-36) 25 (20-30) .35 .02
General board 30 (22-37) 31 (22-38) 26 (20-34) <.001 27 (20-33) 28 (22-33) 22 (12-32) <.001 <.001
Publication measures
Board leadership h-index, median (IQR) 42 (34-60) 42 (34-56) 68 .19 31 (18-37) 31 (19-36) 25 (6-44) >.99 .003
Board h-index, median (IQR) 33 (23-45) 34 (23-47) 28 (19-40) <.001 25 (14-38) 27 (15-41) 17 (8-32) .006 <.001
Board leadership m-quotient, median (IQR) 1.2 (1.0-1.5) 1.1 (1.0-1.5) 1.7 .25 0.8 (0.7-1.2) 0.8 (0.7-1.2) 1.2 (0.2-2.2) >.99 .03
Board m-quotient, median (IQR) 1.2 (0.8-1.6) 1.2 (0.8-1.6) 1.1 (0.8-1.5) .54 1.0 (0.6-1.4) 1.0 (0.7-1.4) 0.9 (0.6-1.3) .32 <.001
Publications, median (IQR), No. 144 (79-234) 157 (88-254) 109 (66-188) <.001 95 (42-165) 109 (57-190) 58 (28-139) .001 <.001
Citations, median (IQR), No. 3737 (1744-7218) 4027 (1897-8005) 2871 (1344-5852) <.001 1832 (799-4743) 2228 (1005-5069) 1090 (410-2527) .003 <.001