Table 2

Percentage of correct decisions about patient's sex made by male and female participants.


All letters
(N = 81)
Male letters
(n = 42)
Female letters
(n = 39)
p-values*

Male participants
(n = 45)
61.2
65.7
55.9
< 0.000
Female participants
(n = 85)
62.0
64.8
58.5
< 0.000
All participants
(N = 130)
61.7
65.2
58.0
< 0.000

* p-values comparing the success for male and female letters.

Andersson et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2008 7:21   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-21

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