Table 1 Baseline characteristics of physicians and comparison groups
Characteristics | Physicians | General adults | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-matched sample | Post-matched sample | |||||||
n = 1,686 | % | n = 81,627 | % | Pvalue | n = 1,686 | % | Pvalue | |
Age (years) | ||||||||
25–34 | 651 | 38.6 | 38,478 | 47.1 | <0.001 | 650 | 38.6 | 0.96 |
35–44 | 619 | 36.7 | 30,997 | 38 | 621 | 36.8 | ||
45–54 | 305 | 18.1 | 11,116 | 13.6 | 311 | 18.4 | ||
55–64 | 111 | 6.6 | 1,036 | 1.3 | 104 | 6.2 | ||
Sex | ||||||||
Female | 236 | 14 | 27,342 | 33.5 | <0.001 | 237 | 14.1 | 0.96 |
Male | 1,450 | 86 | 54,285 | 66.5 | 1,449 | 85.9 | ||
Major diseases | ||||||||
No | 1,636 | 97 | 79,148 | 97 | 0.87 | 1,640 | 97.3 | 0.68 |
Yes | 50 | 3 | 2,479 | 3 | 46 | 2.7 | ||
Urbanicity | ||||||||
Urban | 1,214 | 72 | 58,372 | 71.5 | 0.11 | 1,215 | 72.1 | 1.00 |
Suburban | 401 | 23.8 | 20,489 | 25.1 | 401 | 23.8 | ||
Rural | 71 | 4.2 | 2,766 | 3.4 | 70 | 4.2 | ||
Residential region | ||||||||
North | 824 | 48.9 | 53,031 | 65 | <0.001 | 823 | 48.8 | 0.98 |
Central | 335 | 19.9 | 10,552 | 12.9 | 332 | 19.7 | ||
South | 485 | 28.8 | 16,829 | 20.6 | 485 | 28.8 | ||
East | 42 | 2.5 | 1,215 | 1.5 | 46 | 2.7 | ||