Table 1. Overall characteristics of Canadian orthopaedic surgeons.

*Statistically significant with a p-value of <0.05

IQR: interquartile range

Characteristics	H-index, median (IQR)	P-value	Career duration, years, median (IQR)	P-value	M-index, median (IQR)	P-value
All faculty		<0.001*		0.031*		<0.001*
All clinical orthopaedic surgeons (n = 82)	2 (1 - 4)		14.5 (9 - 24)		0.17 (0.03 - 0.40)
All academic orthopaedic surgeons (n = 485)	8 (3 - 16.5)		19 (12 - 28)		0.50 (0.19 - 0.92)
Gender		<0.001*		<0.001*		0.052
All males (n = 430)	8 (3 - 17)		20 (12 - 29)		0.5 (0.20 - 0.94)
All females (n = 55)	5 (2 - 8)		15 (8 - 22)		0.38 (0.13 - 0.67)
Academic rank		<0.001*		<0.001*		<0.001*
All junior faculty (n = 280)	4 (2 - 8.75)		10 (8 - 21)		0.33 (0.10 - 0.73)
All senior faculty (n = 205)	15 (9 - 26)		26 (19 - 33)		0.67 (0.37 - 1.04)
Junior faculty by gender		0.049*		0.127		0.394
Male (n = 242)	4 (2 - 9)		15 (8 - 21.25)		0.33 (0.11 - 0.75)
Female (n = 38)	2.5 (1 - 6)		11 (7 - 22)		0.33 (0.07 - 0.56)
Senior faculty by gender		0.001*		<0.001		0.191
Male (n = 188)	17 (9 - 27.75)		27 (20 - 33)		0.69 (0.37 - 1.04)
Female (n = 17)	9 (5.50 - 11)		17 (14 - 22)		0.53 (0.21 - 0.79)