Sex as a biological variable influences almost all aspects of health and disease, yet many research studies use only males or do not consider sex differences. We describe why sex-specific reporting is needed, including in basic and animal research, and we outline recommendations for sex-specific reporting in manuscript abstracts, Methods and Results sections, tables and figures.
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Winham, S.J., Mielke, M.M. What about sex?. Nat Metab 3, 1586–1588 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-021-00503-7
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