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. 2021 Mar 23;11(3):e037935. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037935

Table 4B.

Association between same genders across authorship categories

Authorship type Last author, count (%) Significance
P value
Male Female
First author <0.001
 Male 1146 (61.8) 267 (48.3)
 Female 707 (38.2) 286 (51.7)
First corresponding author <0.001
 Male 1429 (78.4) 136 (24.7)
 Female 394 (21.6) 412 (75.3)
Joint corresponding authors <0.001
 Male only 104 (84.5) 3 (6.7)
 Female only 13 (10.6) 36 (80)
 Both male and female 6 (4.9) 6 (13.3)
Joint last authors <0.001
 Male only 106 (63.9) 2 (3.2)
 Female only 2 (1.2) 21 (33.3)
 Both male and female 58 (34.9) 40 (63.5)