Table 2.

Means and Standard Deviation for the Overall Trust in Medical Researchers Scale Score and Each of the Subscores by Race

SubgroupsNumberOverall TIMRSParticipant DeceptionResearcher Honesty
TIMRS = Trust in Medical Researches Scale.
* Significantly different from white males participants (P <.05).
† Significantly different from white female participants (P <.05).
‡ Significantly different from white participants <55 years (P <.05).
§ Significantly different from white participants ≥55 years (P <.05).
|| Significantly different from white participants with high school education or less (P <.05).
¶ Significantly different from white participants with at least some college education (P <.05).
Sex
White, male11129.1 (5.5)28.1 (6.3)30.1 (5.9)
White, female20828.6 (5.6)27.7 (6.3)29.5 (6.3)
African American, male3224.7 (7.1)*22.1 (8.2)*27.3 (7.6)*
African American, female7323.9 (6.8)22.0 (7.4)25.8 (7.8)
Other, male1024.8 (4.5)26.0 (7.2)23.6 (5.9)
Other, female624.7 (4.1)23.7 (4.5)25.7 (5.1)
Age
White, <55 y15929.6 (5.4)28.7 (6.1)30.5 (6.0)
White, ≥55 y16128.0 (5.6)26.9 (6.4)29.0 (7.0)
African American, <55 y6924.8 (6.7)22.7 (7.9)26.9 (7.4)
African American, ≥55 y3322.7 (7.0)§20.6 (6.9)§24.8 (8.1)§
Education
White, ≤ high school13027.5 (5.3)26.2 (6.2)28.9 (5.9)
White, ≥ some college19029.6 (5.6)||28.9 (6.1)||30.3 (6.1)||
African American, ≤ high school6424.3 (6.2)||22.0 (5.6)||26.6 (7.3)||
African American, ≥ some college4123.9 (7.9)22.1 (9.1)25.7 (8.4)