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 |