Table 3.

Gender of authors by publication type

Type of research	Publication type, count (%)				Significance P value
	Basic science	Clinical trial	Clinical study—not a trial	Other
First author					0.035
Male	371 (57.8)	92 (58.6)	433 (55.4)	517 (62.5)
Female	271 (42.2)	65 (41.4)	348 (44.6)	310 (37.5)
First corresponding author					<0.001
Male	446 (70.0)	100 (64.1)	465 (60.2)	554 (68.7)
Female	191 (30.0)	56 (35.9)	307 (39.8)	252 (31.3)
Last author					0.016
Male	503 (78.3)	125 (79.6)	570 (73.1)	655 (79.2)
Female	139 (21.7)	32 (20.4)	210 (26.9)	172 (20.8)