Fewer than half of papers published by NIH-funded researchers analyze or report their data by sex, which could make it harder to know what the results mean for men and women, a new study found.
Over a decade ago, the National Institutes of Health set out to promote sex-inclusivity in study design by introducing the expectation that research it funded consider sex as a biological variable (SABV). The guidelines are broad, asking researchers to consider SABV in their design, analysis, and reporting, without mandating that sex differences be examined in the results.
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