Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for physicians’ responses to CHD population prevalence assessments and diagnostic certainty for the individual patient

Physicians’ assessments of prevalence of CHD in U.S. adult population, %
Higher in men	48.1
Higher in women	7.0
Similar for men and women	44.9
Certainty of CHD for the observed patient (mean, on a scale of 0-100)
Female patient	53.0
Male patient	61.7
Physicians’ change in certainty of CHD for the observed patient, with patient gender substitution, %
Higher in a male patient	32.4
Higher in a female patient	16.0
Similar for a male or female patient	51.6
Consistency between physician estimate of prevalence and CHD certainty for the individual patient regarding gender effects
Physicians who were consistent, %	51.6
Physicians who were inconsistent, %	48.4