Determining If Sex Bias Exists in Human Surgical Clinical Research.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sex is a variable that is poorly controlled for in clinical research.

Objectives

To determine if sex bias exists in human surgical clinical research, to determine if data are reported and analyzed using sex as an independent variable, and to identify specialties in which the greatest and least sex biases exist.

Design, setting, and participants

For this bibliometric analysis, data were abstracted from 1303 original peer-reviewed articles published from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2012, in 5 surgery journals.

Main outcomes and measures

Study type, location, number and sex of participants, degree of sex matching of included participants, and inclusion of sex-based reporting, statistical analysis, and discussion of data.

Results

Of 2347

SUBMITTER: Mansukhani NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5142632 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature