Measuring Sex and Gender in Aging and Alzheimer's Research: Results of a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Differences between men and women are common in published research on aging and Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD). What do these differences mean? To answer this, rigorous measurement is needed. We investigated current methods for measuring sex/gender in aging and AD/ADRD cohort studies.

Methods

An online survey was sent to National Institute on Aging-funded Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (n = 38) and investigator-initiated cohort studies (n = 38) to assess practices around enrollment of men and women and measurement of sex and gender.

Results

The response rate was 65.8% (n = 50). All enrolled men and all but two investigator-initiated studies enrolled women. Most cohorts (43/50) had no documented definitions for

SUBMITTER: Stites SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159066 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature