Sociodemographic disadvantage in the burden of stress and academic performance in medical school: implications for diversity in medicine

Table 3 Stress: URM vs. non-URM

Educational Milestone	Student status	N	Mean (SD)	P value	95% CI
Pre-Matriculation	URM	74	3.9 (2.6)	.13	-0.94 to 0.21
Pre-Matriculation	non-URM	284	4.4 (2.5)	.13	-0.94 to 0.21
End of preclinical phase	URM	60	6.8 (3.2)	.83	-0.98 to 0.55
End of preclinical phase	non-URM	234	6.7 (3.0)	.83	-0.98 to 0.55
End of third year clerkships	URM	44	6.9 (2.7)	.69	0.09 to 1.98
End of third year clerkships	non-URM	187	7.1 (3.4)	.69	0.09 to 1.98
Pre-Match	URM	22	5.8 (3.6)	.77^a	-1.06 to 1.08
Pre-Match	non-URM	117	5.5 (2.8)	.77^a	-1.06 to 1.08

Results of mean PSS-4 score comparison between URM vs. non-URM students
Abbreviations: URM Underrepresented in medicine, N Number of study participants, SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval
^aequal variances NOT assumed

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