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Table 1 Characteristics of 10,901 patients

From: The impact of grade point average on medical students’ perception of the learning environment: a multicenter cross-sectional study across 12 Chinese medical schools

Variables

Number (percentage)

Age

 16–20

5868 (53.83)

 21–25

4825 (44.26)

 26–40

208 (1.91)

Mean

20.72

Standard deviation

2.17

Gender

 Female

6531 (59.91)

 Male

4370 (40.09)

University category

 211 Project Universities

692 (6.35)

 985 Project Universities

853 (7.82)

 Military University

851 (7.81)

 Non_985_211 Project Universities

720 (6.6)

 The First Batches of Medical Universities

6473 (59.38)

 The Second Batches of Medical Universities

1312 (12.04)

University

 Air Force Medical University

526 (4.83)

 Capital Medical University

334 (3.06)

 Chongqing Medical University

2219 (20.36)

 Fujian Medical University

2533 (23.24)

 Harbin Medical University

853 (7.82)

 Jinggangshan University

706 (6.48)

 Mudanjiang Medical College

1304 (11.94)

 Naval Medical University

325 (2.98)

 Others

43 (0.39)

 Peking University

369 (3.39)

 Southwest Medical University

534 (4.9)

 Tongji University

481 (4.41)

 Zhengzhou University

674 (6.18)

Major

 Clinical medicine

8668 (79.52)

 Nursing

572 (5.52)

 Phylaxiology

698 (6.4)

 Preclinical medicine

658 (6.04)

 Stomatology

305 (2.8)

Ethnicity

 Ethnic Han

10,190 (93.48)

 Minority

711 (6.52)

Only child

 No

6140 (56.33)

 Yes

4761 (43.67)

Grade

 Grade 1

3800 (34.86)

 Grade 2

2043 (18.74)

 Grade 3

1666 (15.28)

 Grade 4

1869 (17.15)

 Grade 5

1298 (11.91)

 Graduate

225 (2.06)

Native place

 Country

2562 (23.5)

 Municipality

1535 (14.08)

 Prefecture city

2063 (18.92)

 Provincial capital

1127 (10.34)

 Town

1196 (10.97)

 Village

2418 (22.18)

Program duration

 Eight-year

1305 (11.97)

 Five-year

7621 (69.91)

 Other

1695 (15.55)

 Seven-year

280 (2.57)

GPA percentage for last school year

 Top 5%

815 (7.48)

 5–20%

2509 (23.02)

 20–50%

3844 (35.26)

 50–80%

2687 (24.65)

 80–100%

1046 (9.6)

Father’s educational level

 Bachelor degree

1292 (11.85)

 Graduate degree

251 (2.3)

 Junior college

1141 (10.47)

 Senior high school

2623 (24.06)

 Junior high school

3800 (34.86)

 Preliminary school

1794 (16.46)

Father’s occupation

 Civil servant

1083 (9.93)

 Company employee

1093 (10.03)

 Freelance work

2112 (19.37)

 Individual household

1092 (10.02)

 Professional/technical

1150 (10.55)

 Worker/peasant

4371 (40.1)

Mother’s educational level

 Bachelor degree

959 (8.8)

 Graduate degree

174 (1.6)

 Junior college

1017 (9.33)

 Senior high school

2249 (20.63)

 Junior high school

3322 (30.47)

 Preliminary school

3180 (29.17)

Mother’s occupation

 Civil servant

634 (5.82)

 Company employee

1250 (11.47)

 Freelance work

2892 (26.53)

 Individual household

791 (7.26)

 Professional/technical

1363 (12.5)

 Worker/peasant

3971 (36.43)

Perception of learning environment

 Bad

125 (1.15)

 Common

2284 (20.95)

 Excellent

2381 (21.84)

 Good

6048 (55.48)

 Terrible

63 (0.58)

Doctor-patient relationship in your hospital

 Bad

121 (1.11)

 Common

2812 (25.8)

 Excellent

1732 (15.89)

 Good

6190 (56.78)

 Terrible

46 (0.42)

Study interest of medicine

 Common

2654 (24.35)

 Extremely interested

1872 (17.17)

 Extremely uninterested

65 (0.6)

 Interested

6145 (56.37)

 Uninterested

165 (1.51)