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. 2022 Jun 23;14(6):e26268. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26268

Table 2. Differences Among ASOPRS-Accredited OPRS Fellowship Program Directors by Gender and Program Ranking.

ASOPRS: American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, OPRS: ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery

ap-value assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test

bUS News Best Hospitals for Ophthalmology was used to identify the top 10 hospitals

Gender Comparisons Female Male P-Valuea
   Age (Median (Range)) 58.5 (53-68) years 57.5 (42-77) years 0.57
   Clinical Experience (Median (Range)) 32 (28-44) years 33 (18-52) years 0.62
   Publications (Median (Range)) 104 (24-328) 75 (0-377) 0.38
   H-Index (Median (Range)) 23 (14-60) 18 (0-50) 0.16
   Five-Year H-Index (Median (Range)) 7 (3-36) 4 (0-10) 0.04
   M-Quotient (Median (Range)) 0.66 (0.32-2.22) 0.63 (0-1.28) 0.52
Ranking Comparisonsb Top 10 Programs Other Programs P-Value
   Age (Median (Range)) 65.5 (40-72) years 56 (43-77) years 0.27
   Clinical Experience (Median (Range)) 39 (16-46) years 31 (18-52) years 0.33
   Publications (Median (Range)) 117 (16-377) 72 (0-328) 0.11
   H-Index (Median (Range)) 22 (9-50) 18 (0-60) 0.14
   Five-Year H-Index (Median (Range)) 5.5 (1-10) 4 (0-36) 0.18
   M-Quotient (Median (Range)) 0.64 (0.32-1.28) 0.62 (0-2.22) 0.37