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Table 1 Study population characteristics (n = 535)

From: Impact of the rural pipeline in medical education: practice locations of recently graduated family physicians in Ontario

Medical school category

Mean age in years (SD)

Percentage of females per category (n)

Total percentage (n)

NOSM/NOSM

35.8 (6.7)a

55.6 (20)

6.7 (36)

NOSM/Other

36.6 (7.6)a

64.3 (9)

2.6 (14)

Other/NOSM

32.2 (4.0)b

64.7 (11)

3.2 (17)

Other/Other

31.5 (3.0)b

60.0 (281)

87.5 (468)

Total

31.9 (3.8)

60.0 (321)

100 (535)

Statistical test

ANOVA p < 0.001

Fisher’s exact test p = 0.91

 
  1. a,bMeans with different superscript letters were significantly different from one another based on post hoc LSD tests