| Characteristics | Male (n = 399) | Female (n = 315) | Missing value, n | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age, years (mean [SD]) | 63.8 | (10.3) | 66.9 | (9.4) | 0 | 0.0001 |
| Smoking | 11 | |||||
| Current smoker | 113 | (28.5%) | 42 | (13.7%) | <0.0001 | |
| Never smoker/past smoker | 283 | (71.5%) | 265 | (86.3%) | ||
| BMI (mean [SD]) | 26.0 | (4.4) | 25.1 | (4.5) | 54 | 0.006 |
| Physician’s gender | 0 | |||||
| Women | 184 | (46.1%) | 170 | (54.0%) | 0.037 | |
| Statin use | 222 | (55.6%) | 208 | (66.0%) | 0.005 | |
| Antihypertensive drug use | 217 | (54.4%) | 164 | (52.1%) | 0.54 | |
| LDL cholesterol, mg/dL (mean [SD]) | 105.6 | (27.3) | 109 | (26.9) | 8 | 0.08 |
| Disease history | ||||||
| Coronary artery disease | 28 | (7.0%) | 44 | (14.0%) | 0.002 | |
| Stroke | 45 | (11.3%) | 116 | (36.8%) | <0.0001 | |
| Atherothrombotic stroke | 22 | (5.5%) | 33 | (10.5%) | 0.014 | |
| Lacuna infarct | 22 | (5.5%) | 76 | (24.1%) | <0.0001 | |
| Coexistence/indistinguishable | 1 | (0.3%) | 7 | (2.2%) | 0.013 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 398 | (99.8%) | 178 | (56.5%) | <0.0001 | |
| Characteristics (Men: n = 12, Women: n = 10) | Men (n = 12) | Women (n = 10) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician experience, years (mean [SD]) | 10.5 | (4.1) | 26.3 | (5.2) | 0.014 |
| Specialty | |||||
| General practice, n | 7 | (58.3%) | 2 | (20.0%) | 0.06 |
| Other specialties (internal medicine), n | 2 | (16.7%) | 7 | (70.0%) | |
| Trainee of general practice, n | 3 | (25.0%) | 1 | (10.0%) | |
| Full sample | P-value | Coronary artery disease* | P-value | Noncardiogenic stroke† | P-value | Diabetes mellitus‡ | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient’s sex | ||||||||||||
| Male, n | 280 | (70.7%) | Ref. | 24 | (85.7%) | Ref. | 35 | (83.3%) | Ref. | 256 | (69.6%) | Ref. |
| Female, n | 198 | (63.9%) | 0.054 | 29 | (67.4%) | 0.084 | 80 | (74.1%) | 0.23 | 101 | (58.1%) | 0.008 |
| Patient’s sex-physician’s gender dyad | ||||||||||||
| Male patient × Men physician, n | 160 | (75.1%) | Ref. | 16 | (94.1%) | Ref. | 26 | (92.9%) | Ref. | 144 | (73.5%) | Ref. |
| Male patient × Women physician, n | 120 | (65.6%) | 0.037 | 8 | (72.7%) | 0.11 | 9 | (64.3%) | 0.019 | 112 | (65.1%) | 0.082 |
| Female patient × Men physician, n | 89 | (63.1%) | Ref. | 19 | (73.1%) | Ref. | 34 | (75.6%) | Ref. | 40 | (53.3%) | Ref. |
| Female patient × Women physician, n | 109 | (64.5%) | 0.80 | 10 | (58.8%) | 0.33 | 46 | (73.0%) | 0.767 | 61 | (61.6%) | 0.27 |
