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Table 1 Demographics and overall performance in the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test for the cohort

From: Predicting fitness to practise events in international medical graduates who registered as UK doctors via the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) system: a national cohort study

Characteristic

 

Age at registration, mean (SD)

30.79 years (4.99)

Male sex

16,502/10,828 (60.38%)

PLAB part 1 score at first attempt, relative to pass, mean (SD)

7.47 (19.29)

PLAB part 2 score at first attempt, relative to pass, mean (SD)

6.00 (4.58)

Mean no. of sittings – PLAB part 1, mean (SD)

1.49 (1.01)

Mean no. of sittings – PLAB part 2, mean (SD)

1.24 (0.53)