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Table 1 Percentages of correct answers for the location of each organ by each clinical group and the general public sample (means shown in bold indicate significantly better performance than the general public sample).

From: How accurate is patients' anatomical knowledge: a cross-sectional, questionnaire study of six patient groups and a general public sample

 

General Public

Respiratory

Renal

Cardiac

Liver

Diabetes

Gastro-intestinal

1. Liver

45.9

56.7

45.1

53.4

75.3

45.3

51.6

2. Ovaries

39.8

38.1

36.3

30.1

42.3

28.4

42.1

3. Heart

55.6

41.2

42.2

50.5

44.3

44.2

44.2

4. Thyroid

36.1

42.3

52.9

60.2

39.2

35.8

26.3

5. Lungs

27.1

37.1

27.5

32.0

30.9

34.7

32.6

6. Gallbladder

32.3

37.1

32.4

38.8

40.2

37.9

26.3

7. Pancreas

30.8

36.1

29.4

37.9

33.0

53.7

29.5

8. Intestines

94.0

86.6

78.4

84.5

86.6

86.3

82.1

9. Bladder

85.0

84.5

81.4

76.7

82.5

74.7

78.9

10. Kidneys

27.1

50.5

42.2

49.5

37.1

41.1

55.8

11. Stomach

48.1

43.3

28.4

31.1

37.1

31.6

46.3