{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(5)"],"submitter":["Smith ES"],"pubmed_abstract":["Although sports nutrition guidelines promote evidence-based practice, it is unclear whether women have been adequately included in the underpinning research. In view of the high usage rates of performance supplements by female athletes, we conducted a standardised audit of the literature supporting evidence-based products: β-alanine, caffeine, creatine, glycerol, nitrate/beetroot juice and sodium bicarbonate. Within 1826 studies totalling 34,889 participants, just 23% of participants were women, although 34% of studies included at least one woman. Across different supplements, 0-8% of studies investigated women exclusively, while fewer (0-2%) were specifically designed to compare sex-based responses. The annual publication of female-specific studies was ~8 times fewer than those investigat"],"journal":["Nutrients"],"pagination":["953"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8912470"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Auditing the Representation of Female Versus Male Athletes in Sports Science and Sports Medicine Research: Evidence-Based Performance Supplements."],"pmcid":["PMC8912470"],"pubmed_authors":["Smith ES","Kuikman M","Harris R","Burke LM","Elliott-Sale KJ","Stellingwerff T","McKay AKA","Ackerman KE"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Auditing the Representation of Female Versus Male Athletes in Sports Science and Sports Medicine Research: Evidence-Based Performance Supplements.","description":"Although sports nutrition guidelines promote evidence-based practice, it is unclear whether women have been adequately included in the underpinning research. In view of the high usage rates of performance supplements by female athletes, we conducted a standardised audit of the literature supporting evidence-based products: β-alanine, caffeine, creatine, glycerol, nitrate/beetroot juice and sodium bicarbonate. Within 1826 studies totalling 34,889 participants, just 23% of participants were women, although 34% of studies included at least one woman. Across different supplements, 0-8% of studies investigated women exclusively, while fewer (0-2%) were specifically designed to compare sex-based responses. The annual publication of female-specific studies was ~8 times fewer than those investigat","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Feb","modification":"2025-04-18T20:26:07.779Z","creation":"2025-04-07T08:22:52.634Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8912470","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35267928"],"doi":["10.3390/nu14050953"]}}