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Table 3 Relationship between characteristics of participants and their knowledge scores

From: Use and acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine among medical students: a cross sectional study from Palestine

Variable	Median [Q1-Q3]	P value^#
Age in years
Less than 23	2 [1–4]	0.453^a
23 or more	2 [1–3]
Gender
Male	2 [1–3]	0.336 ^a
Female	2 [1–3]
Study year
Fourth year	2 [1–4]	<0.001 ^b
Fifth year	2 [1–4]
Sixth year	1 [0–2]
Residency
City	1 [0–3]	<0.001 ^b
Village	2 [1–4]
Palestinian refugee camps	3 [0–4]
Monthly income^c
Less than 500 JD	3.5 [2–5]	<0.001 ^b
500–1000 JD	2 [0–3]
1000–2000 JD	2 [1–3]
More than 2000 JD	1 [0–3]

^ap-value is calculated using Mann-Whitney U test
^bp-value is calculated using Kruskal-Wallis test
^c1 Jordanian Dinar (JD) equals 1.41 US Dollar
^#Bold text indicates a statistically significant difference with a p-value less than 0.05

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