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. 2020 Dec 9;59(2):99–106. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2020-0217

Table1. Characteristics of study participants.

Emergency physicians Nonemergency physicians p Emergency physicians General population p
n=1,097 n=14,112 n=1,097 n=4,388
n % n % n % n %
Age <0.001 0.999
≤38 362 33.00 2,728 19.33 362 33.00 1,451 33.07
39–48 432 39.38 4,633 32.83 432 39.38 1,727 39.36
≥49 303 27.62 6,751 47.84 303 27.62 1,210 27.58
Age (mean ± SD) 43.81 ± 8.48 48.71 ± 10.42 <0.001 43.81 ± 8.48 43.80 ± 8.46 0.962
Sex <0.001 1.000
Male 987 89.97 11,818 83.74 987 89.97 3,948 89.97
Female 110 10.03 2,294 16.26 110 10.03 440 10.03
Comorbidity
Depression
Yes 11 1.00 95 0.67 0.206 11 1.00 61 1.39 0.313
Anxiety
Yes 21 1.91 253 1.79 0.771 21 1.91 59 1.34 0.159
Diabetes
Yes 53 4.83 888 6.29 0.053 53 4.83 256 5.83 0.198
Hypertension
Yes 127 11.58 2,515 17.82 <0.001 127 11.58 445 10.14 0.164
Gastrointestinal diseases
Yes 51 4.65 1,146 8.12 <0.001 51 4.65 258 5.88 0.114
Asthma
Yes 9 0.82 230 1.63 0.038 9 0.82 34 0.77 0.878
Cancer
Yes 20 1.82 577 4.09 <0.001 20 1.82 133 3.03 0.03
Urinary problems
Yes 12 1.09 361 2.56 0.003 12 1.09 132 3.01 <0.001