Table 4: Association of factors on admission to residency with success on Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification examination*
FactorOR (95% CI)p value
Univariate regression
Age0.945 (0.914-0.976)0.001
Female sex1.093 (0.648-1.843)0.7
Fluency in English1.742 (0.995-3.051)0.05
Human Development Index value102.696 (12.232-862.171)< 0.001
Previous internship1.012 (0.562-1.820)1.0
Previous residency0.444 (0.239-0.825)0.01
Previous professional experience0.376 (0.201-0.704)0.002
Research experience0.996 (0.577-1.717)1.0
Conference attendance1.073 (0.458-2.513)0.9
Publications0.842 (0.395-1.795)0.6
Teaching dossier2.589 (0.738-9.084)0.1
Multivariable regression
Age0.958 (0.925-0.992)0.02
Fluency in English1.873 (1.039-3.377)0.04
Human Development Index value41.753 (4.293-406.048)0.001
Constant1.268 (0.115-13.988)0.8

Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.

*A total of 364/431 residents (84.4%) passed this examination.