Table 1

Student and physician responses (%)

Cardiologists
 Internists
 Students
 discrim coeff
1. A good source of monounsaturated fat



Butter
 4
 4
 8
 0.39
Canola Oil
 43
 51
 26
 0.21
Corn Oil
 13
 16
 22
 0.32
Flaxseed Oil
 12
 10
 25
 0.32
Olive Oil
 82
 73
 58
 0.35
Safflower Oil
 24
 32
 25
 0.26
Soybean Oil
 18
 16
 38
 0.35
don't know
 6
 6
 16





2. Diet component most likely to raise triglycerides



Fat
 16
 47
 63
 -0.2
Carbohydrate
 78
 47
 32
 0.17
Protein
 0.8
 0.6
 0
don't know
 5
 5
 2





3. Effect of low-fat diet on triglycerides



Increase
 16
 4
 14
 0.22
Decrease
 52
 73
 68
 -0.17
no change
 26
 26
 15
 0.01
don't know
 6
 4
 3





4. Effect of low-fat diet on HDL-c



Increase
 11
 24
 31
 -0.08
Decrease
 30
 23
 32
 0.25
no change
 52
 44
 23
 -0.18
don't know
 7
 9
 14

Discrimination coefficients indicate discrimination of high and low performers on quiz overall as described in the text. (correct answers in bold).

Makowske and Feinman Nutrition Journal 2005 4:2   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-2

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