Although only 15 percent of all U.S. men sport mustaches, there are more mustache-clad men in medical leadership positions than there are women in all medical leadership positions, based on a study published in the British Medical Journal, according to The Washington Post.
Researchers from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, Berkeley (Calif.) Law and the University of California San Francisco conducted the study. A mustache was defined as hair on the upper lip. In the study, researchers analyzed 1,018 medical department leaders.
Here are five interesting facts:
1. The study found 190 medical department leaders were mustachioed men, while only 130 leaders were women.
2. The researchers developed a mustache index as a ratio of women to men with mustaches, and concluded healthcare institutions should attempt a mustache index of greater than or equal to one.
3. Gynecology, pediatrics, dermatology, family medicine and emergency medicine were the only specialties with more than 20 percent female department heads.
4. In the academic field, women compose 38 percent of full-time faculty and 16 percent of deans.
5. The researchers encourage medical institutions foster environments that support and welcome qualified women.
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