Sex bias persists in surgical research: A 5-year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Federal initiatives have recently addressed the sex bias that exists in biomedical and clinical research. However, improvement to the inclusion of sex as a biological variable remains unknown.

Methods

We performed a 5-year follow-up study of all clinical and biomedical research articles published in 5 surgical journals from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2018. Human, animal, and cell subjects were analyzed for study/subject type, sex of participants, sex matching, and sex-based data reporting, analysis, and discussion.

Results

Comparing 2017 to 2018 with 2011 to 2012, slightly more articles reported the sex of the human studied (87% vs 83%; P = .001). Inclusion of both sexes remained high (94% vs 95%; P = .22), but sex-based data reporting (36% vs 38

SUBMITTER: Mercel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9733431 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature