Table 3 Percentage of reviews using sex and gender terms in each review section
Review section | Sex | Gender | Malea | Femaleb | Menc | Womend | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abstract | 2% | – | – | 1% | 2% | 8% | – |
Background | 3% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 15% | – |
Plain language summary | 2% | 1% | 2% | – | 8% | – | |
Eligibility criteria | 4% | 8% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 13% | – |
Search methods | – | – | – | – | – | 1% | – |
Data collection and analysis | 12% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 9% | – |
Results | 9% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 18% | 1% |
Discussion | 4% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 15% | – |
Authors’ conclusions | 1% | – | – | 1% | 1% | 7% | – |
Characteristics of studies | 31% | 22% | 42% | 35% | 13% | 35% | 2% |
Other sections | 5% | 3% | – | – | – | 3% | – |
Not reported | 49% | 63% | 52% | 56% | 75% | 53% | 97% |