Table 1: Association of factors on admission to residency with success on Simulated Office Orals component* of the Certification in The College of Family Physicians examination

Factor	OR (95% CI)	p value
Univariate regression
Age	0.950 (0.915-0.986)	0.007
Female sex	1.331 (0.732-2.419)	0.3
Fluency in English	1.334 (0.727-2.447)	0.4
Human Development Index value	3.806 (0.366-39.568)	0.3
Previous internship	0.842 (0.436-1.623)	0.6
Previous residency	0.600 (0.312-1.157)	0.3
Previous professional experience	0.509 (0.257-1.007)	0.05
Research experience	0.675 (0.341-1.335)	0.3
Conference attendance	1.455 (0.476-4.450)	0.5
Publications	2.146 (0.832-5.533)	0.1
Teaching dossier	1.399 (0.310-6.325)	0.7
Multivariable regression
Age	0.950 (0.915-0.986)	0.007
Constant†	71.918 (14.837-348.588)	< 0.001

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

*A total of 429/469 residents (91.5%) passed this portion of the examination.

†The value of the intercept of the line of best fit.