Table 2 MeSH term comparison between clinician reading libraries and a random sample

Major MeSH terms read more often by clinicians

Frequency: clinician

Frequency: random

p-value

diff

Major MeSH terms occurring more often in a random sample

Frequency: clinician

Frequency: random

p-value

diff

Pain/drug therapy

0.0186

0.0010

0.0000

0.0176

Polymorphism, Genetic

0.0003

0.0042

0.0000

−0.0038

Hip joint/surgery

0.0154

0.0000

0.0000

0.0154

DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism

0.0002

0.0037

0.0000

−0.0035

Arthroscopy/methods

0.0130

0.0002

0.0000

0.0129

Models, Chemical

0.0002

0.0035

0.0000

−0.0033

Analgesics/opioids, therapeutic uses

0.0135

0.0007

0.0000

0.0128

Genetic Variation

0.0008

0.0035

0.0012

−0.0027

Meta-analysis as topic

0.0122

0.0000

0.0000

0.0122

Transcription Factors/metabolism

0.0005

0.0032

0.0005

−0.0027

Internet

0.0133

0.0013

0.0000

0.0120

Bacterial Proteins/metabolism

0.0000

0.0027

0.0000

−0.0027

Quality of life

0.0133

0.0032

0.0000

0.0102

Plant Extracts/pharmacology

0.0003

0.0025

0.0012

−0.0022

Physician–patient relationship

0.0116

0.0017

0.0000

0.0099

Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology

0.0002

0.0023

0.0006

−0.0022

Review literature as topic

0.0098

0.0002

0.0000

0.0096

DNA/chemistry

0.0000

0.0022

0.0002

−0.0022

Analgesics/opioids, adverse effects

0.0087

0.0000

0.0000

0.0087

Polymorphism, Genetic

0.0003

0.0042

0.0000

−0.0038

Minor MeSH terms read more often by clinicians

Frequency: clinician

Frequency: random

p-value

diff

Minor MeSH terms occurring more often in a random sample

Frequency: clinician

Frequency: random

p-value

diff

Humans

0.8608

0.6027

0.0000

0.2581

Animals

0.0754

0.2328

0.0000

−0.1574

Adult

0.2979

0.1625

0.0000

0.1354

Mice

0.0182

0.0675

0.0000

−0.0493

Female

0.4321

0.3025

0.0000

0.1296

Rats

0.0141

0.0458

0.0000

−0.0317

Male

0.4216

0.2937

0.0000

0.1280

Molecular sequence data

0.0035

0.0312

0.0000

−0.0276

Middle aged

0.2692

0.1490

0.0000

0.1202

Cell line

0.0031

0.0220

0.0000

−0.0189

Aged

0.1868

0.1040

0.0000

0.0828

Amino acid sequence

0.0014

0.0193

0.0000

−0.0179

Treatment outcome

0.0989

0.0515

0.0000

0.0474

Cells, cultured

0.0048

0.0217

0.0000

−0.0168

Adolescent

0.1100

0.0690

0.0000

0.0410

Base sequence

0.0031

0.0185

0.0000

−0.0154

Elderly: 80 and over

0.0722

0.0388

0.0000

0.0333

Cell line, tumor

0.0034

0.0170

0.0000

−0.0136

Prospective studies

0.0548

0.0240

0.0000

0.0308

Kinetics

0.0016

0.0152

0.0000

−0.0136