Table 1: Baseline
characteristics of physicians vs. control group.
Characteristics |
Physicians |
Non-physicians |
P
value |
|
|
Primary |
Tertiary |
|
|
Subjects, n (%) |
147 (13.2%) |
123 (11.1%) |
840 (75.7%) |
|
Age (mean ± SD) |
45.1 ± 9.2 |
37.1 ± 7.5 |
45.6 ± 11.6 |
0.000* |
Sex (Male/Female) |
124/23 |
78/45 |
465/375 |
0.000* |
Cancer events (%) |
11 (7.5%) |
2 (1.6%) |
24 (2.9%) |
0.008* |
vs. indicates versus; SD indicated
standard deviation; *P < 0.05, considered statistically
significant.