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Sex differences in the human brain: a roadmap for more careful analysis and interpretation of a biological reality [PDF]

Biology of Sex Differences, 2022
The presence, magnitude, and significance of sex differences in the human brain are hotly debated topics in the scientific community and popular media. This debate is largely fueled by studies containing strong, opposing conclusions: either little to no ...
Alex R. DeCasien, Elisa Guma, Siyuan Liu, Armin Raznahan   +3 more
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Association of Sex With Neurobehavioral Markers of Executive Function in 2-Year-Olds at High and Low Likelihood of Autism

JAMA Network Open, 2023
Key Points Question Are executive function (EF) differences early in development associated with sex, familial likelihood for autism, and alterations in brain volume?
T. St John, A. Estes, H. Hazlett, N. Marrus, Catherine A. Burrows, Kevin Donovan, Santiago Torres Gomez, R. Grzadzinski, J. Parish-Morris, Rachel Smith, M. Styner, Dea Garic, J. Pandey, Chimei M. Lee, R. Schultz, K. Botteron, L. Zwaigenbaum, J. Piven, Stephen R Dager   +18 more
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Sex differences in type 2 diabetes

Diabetologia, 2023
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in both sexes, but men are usually diagnosed at a younger age and lower body fat mass than women. Worldwide, an estimated 17.7 million more men than women have diabetes mellitus.
A. Kautzky-Willer, M. Leutner, J. Harreiter   +2 more
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The Impact of Sex and Gender on Stroke

Circulation Research, 2022
Women face a disproportionate burden of stroke mortality and disability. Biologic sex and sociocultural gender both contribute to differences in stroke risk factors, assessment, treatment, and outcomes.
K. Rexrode, Tracy E. Madsen, A. Yu, C. Carcel, J. Lichtman, Eliza C. Miller   +5 more
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Interaction between gut microbiota and sex hormones and their relation to sexual dimorphism in metabolic diseases

Biology of Sex Differences, 2023
Accumulating evidences show that the alterations in the gut microbiota associated to metabolic diseases are different in men and women, and these differences may influence sex differences in the development and prevalence of metabolic diseases.
J. A. Santos-Marcos, Marina Mora-Ortiz, M. Tena-Sempere, J. López-Miranda, A. Camargo   +4 more
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Male sex identified by global COVID-19 meta-analysis as a risk factor for death and ITU admission

Nature Communications, 2020
Anecdotal evidence suggests that Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, exhibits differences in morbidity and mortality between sexes.
H. Peckham, Nina M. de Gruijter, C. Raine, A. Radziszewska, Coziana Ciurtin, L. Wedderburn, E. Rosser, K. Webb, C. Deakin   +8 more
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Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes

Nature, 2020
There is increasing evidence that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) produces more severe symptoms and higher mortality among men than among women 1 – 5 .
Takehiro Takahashi, Mallory K. Ellingson, P. Wong, Benjamin Israelow, C. Lucas, J. Klein, Julio Silva, Tianyang Mao, Ji-Eun Oh, M. Tokuyama, Peiwen Lu, A. Venkataraman, Annsea Park, Feimei Liu, A. Meir, Jonathan Sun, Eric Y. Wang, A. Casanovas-Massana, A. Wyllie, C. Vogels, Rebecca Earnest, S. Lapidus, I. Ott, A. Moore, A. Shaw, John B. Fournier, C. Odio, S. Farhadian, C. D. Dela Cruz, N. Grubaugh, W. Schulz, A. Ring, A. Ko, S. Omer, A. Iwasaki   +34 more
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Evolution: Conflict by the Sexes, for the Sexes [PDF]

Current Biology, 2014
A study in spider mites confirms predictions that males and females come into conflict over optimal sex allocation when local mate competition affects sex allocation in haplodiploid species.
Shuker, David M., Cook, Nicola
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Fertility knowledge and intentions to have children in a national study of Australian secondary school students

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objective: This paper reports on fertility knowledge and intentions to have children among a national sample of students in years 10–12. Method: Data were from the Fifth National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health.
Wendy Heywood, Marian K. Pitts, Kent Patrick, Anne Mitchell   +3 more
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Same sex, no sex, and unaware sex in neurotoxicology [PDF]

NeuroToxicology, 2011
Males and females of virtually all species differ in how they respond to their environment. Because such differences exist in almost all biological realms, including disease patterns and therapeutic outcomes, they have evoked calls by various bodies to incorporate their assessment in research.
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