Factor

OR*

95% CI for OR

p-value

Gender (Female vs. male)

0.657

(0.411, 1.050)

0.079*

Age

1.025

(1.002,1.048)

0.023*

PhD Status (Yes vs. no)

2.397

(0.433,13.280)

0.301

AOA status (Yes vs. no)

2.001

(1.205,3.222)

0.007*

Medical School Research Rankings

0.980

(0.965, 0.996)

0.013*

Medical School Primary-Care Rankings

0.993

(0.977, 1.009)

0.369

NIH Rank

0.992

(0.984, 0.999)

0.034*

USMLE Step 1 score

1.039

(1.025, 1.054)

< 0.001*

USMLE Step 2 score

1.031

(1.013,1.050)

<0.001*

Total number of full-time dermatology research years

0.782

(0.516, 1.184)

0.232*

Number of all scholarly work at time of application

1.029

(0.986,1.073)

0.182*

Number of abstracts and/or posters

0.996

(0.936,1.059)

0.888

Number of published and unpublished manuscripts

1.103

(1.022, 1.190)

0.011*

Number of publications

1.043

(0.932, 1.168)

0.460

Number of first author publications

1.050

(0.855,1.289)

0.644

Number of dermatology-specific publications

0.920

(0.761,1.113)

0.380

Number of basic science-focused publications

1.118

(0.958,1.304)

0.148*

Candidate Impact Factor

1.020

(0.989, 1.053)

0.209*

Number of unpublished manuscripts

1.225

(1.087,1.380)

<0.001

Number of first author unpublished manuscripts

1.253

(1.084,1.448)

0.002*

Number of submitted manuscripts that were published after application submission

1.100

(0.912,1.326)

0.316

Publication Ratio = Later Published/Unpublished

0.448

(0.218,0.921)

0.026*

Publication Ratio (Publication Ratio ≥ 0.5 vs. Publication Ratio < 0.5

0.577

(0.322,1.033)

0.063*

Presence of dermatology residency program at home institution

1.394

(0.612,  3.174)

0.425