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Table 5 Logistic regression for factors associated with controllable lifestyle specialty preference

From: Factors associated with the specialty choice of Korean medical students: a cross-sectional survey

 

Controllable lifestyle

Self-employed specialty

[N = 8259]

[N = 9499]

aOR (95 % CI)

aOR (95 % CI)

Men (ref: women)

0.802* (0.730–0.881)

0.519* (0.470–0.573)

Age

0.992 (0.974–1.011)

1.021* (1.002–1.041)

Grade

1st

Reference

Reference

 

2nd

0.848* (0.749–0.961)

0.982 (0.858–1.124)

 

3rd

0.779* (0.679–0.894)

0.987 (0.853–1.142)

 

4th

0.965 (0.839–1.110)

1.229* (1.061–1.424)

Medical college (ref: graduate medical school)

1.198* (1.067–1.344)

1.118 (0.990–1.263)

Metropolitan hometown (ref: nonmetropolitan)

0.992 (0.901–1.092)

1.143* (1.033–1.264)

Metropolitan school (ref: nonmetropolitan)

1.030 (0.930–1.140)

0.779* (0.698–0.870)

  1. *P < 0.05