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Table 3 Comparison of overall correct responses in awareness regarding FH between male and female Saudi medical interns. (5 questions, total score 11)

From: Assessment of medical intern’s knowledge, awareness and practice of familial hypercholesterolemia at academic institutes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

No

Areas of KAP regarding FH being tested

Total

(n = 170)

Male

(n = 83)

Female

(n = 87)

P value

Awareness items

 1

Familiar with FH

92 (54.10%)

41 (49.40%)

51 (58.60%)

0.146

 2

Aware of NICE Guideline on FH

28 (16.50%)

13 (15.70%)

15 (17.20%)

0.472

 15

Aware of lipid specialist clinic

86 (50.60%)

28 (33.70%)

58 (66.70%)

0.0001

 19

Aware of other international FH guidelines

    
 

Integrated Guidance on the Care of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia by the International FH Foundation (2014)

16 (9.40%)

12 (14.50%)

4 (4.60%)

0.025

 

Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: New Insight and Guidance for Clinicians to improve Detection and Clinical Management. A Position Paper from the Consensus Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) (2014)

26 (15.30%)

21 (25.30%)

5 (5.70%)

0.0001

 

The Japanese Guidelines for the Management of Familial Hypercholesterolemia (Harada-Shiba, 2012)

10 (5.90%)

9 (10.80%)

1 (1.10%)

0.007

 

Clinical Guidance by the National Lipid Association (NLA) Expert Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (2011)

11 (6.50%)

10 (12.00%)

1 (1.10%)

0.004

 

Others

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

1.000

 20

Aware of FH diagnostic criteria

    
 

Dutch Lipid Clinic Network Criteria

22 (12.90%)

17 (20.50%)

5 (5.70%)

0.004

 

Simon Broome Register Criteria

12 (7.10%)

11 (13.30%)

1 (1.10%)

0.002

 

US MED-PED Criteria

11 (6.50%)

8 (9.80%)

3 (3.40%)

0.091

 

Japanese Criteria

8 (4.70%)

7 (8.40%)

1 (1.10%)

0.027

 

Others

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

1.000

 

Overall awareness of FH (total score 13)

1.89 ± 1.63

(0.00–6.00)

2.13 ± 1.52 (0.00–6.00)

1.67 ± 1.16 (0.00–6.00)

0.068

 

Poor awareness (<  7.5)

170 (100.00%)

83 (100.00%)

87 (100.00%)

1.000

  1. FH: familial hypercholesterolemia. Data are expressed as mean+/− standard deviation (minimum – maximum) or number (%) as appropriate. Comparison between male and female was made using Chi-Square test for non – parametric parameters and Mann Whitney test for parametric parameters. A mean awareness score was computed by summing correct answers to all 5 awareness questions. The awareness regarding FH was considered acceptable if the total score was ≥50%
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