Table 3.

Proportion of women authors in the medical disciplines and years. The odds ratio (OR) represents the comparison between the percentage of women authors and percentage of female physician (FP) in each specialty

		2007/8					2017/18
	Author Type	Total Author	Female Author	OR [95% CI]	P-Value	Total Author		Female Author	OR [95% CI]	P-Value
Radiology	First Author	503.5	129 [25.62]	1.00 [0.81–1.23]	0.9865	523		157 [30.02]	1.04 [0.86–1.26]	0.6954
	Senior Autor	515.5	59.5 [11.54]	0.37 [0.28–0.49]	< 0.0001	549.5		104 [18.93]	0.57 [0.46–0.70]	< 0.0001
Surgery	First Author	365.5	61.0 [17.11]	1.45 [1.09–1.92]	0.0103	424.5		124.5 [29.33]	2.22 [1.80–2.74]	< 0.0001
	Senior Autor	363	43.5 [11.98]	0.98 [0.71–1.35]	0.9960	435		80 [18.39]	1.22 [0.95–1.55]	0.1245
Urology	First Author	851.5	146 [17.15]	2.80 [2.31–3.39]	< 0.0001	421		99 [23.52]	2.59 [2.05–3.27]	<0.0001
	Senior Autor	875	88 [10.06]	1.50 [1.19–1.89]	0.0005	432.5		45.5 [10.52]	0.99 [0.72–1.35]	0.9930
Gynecology	First Author	491	225 [45.82]	1.11 [0.92–1.33]	0.2852	356.5		219.5 [61.57]	1.31 [1.06–1.64]	0.0176
	Senior Autor	512.5	167.5 [32.68]	0.62 [0.52–0.75]	< 0.0001	361		144.5 [40.03]	0.52 [0.42–0.65]	< 0.0001
Pediatrics	First Author	741.5	411.5 [55.50]	1.03 [0.89–1.19]	0.7241	754.5		470.5 [62.36]	1.04 [0.90–1.21]	0.6128
	Senior Autor	750.5	285.5 [38.04]	0.51 [0.44–0.59]	< 0.0001	760.5		360 [47.34]	0.56 [0.49–0.65]	< 0.0001