Sex Factors

"Sex Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.

Descriptor ID	D012737
MeSH Number(s)	N05.715.350.675 N06.850.490.875
Concept/Terms	Sex Factors Sex Factors Factor, Sex Factors, Sex Sex Factor

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Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Epidemiologic Factors [N05.715.350]
Sex Factors [N05.715.350.675]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Factors [N06.850.490]
Sex Factors [N06.850.490.875]

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Bar chart showing 729 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 49 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	7	7
1996	0	6	6
1997	0	11	11
1998	1	10	11
1999	0	13	13
2000	0	16	16
2001	0	9	9
2002	0	16	16
2003	1	16	17
2004	1	16	17
2005	0	18	18
2006	1	19	20
2007	2	23	25
2008	0	30	30
2009	1	32	33
2010	2	39	41
2011	1	25	26
2012	1	35	36
2013	1	35	36
2014	1	30	31
2015	1	41	42
2016	1	37	38
2017	1	38	39
2018	0	37	37
2019	4	45	49
2020	1	31	32
2021	3	20	23
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	4	4
2024	0	26	26
2025	0	15	15

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Factors" by people in Profiles.

Saad AM, Abozenah M, Salerno C, Goldsweig AM. Sex differences in in-hospital outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A nationwide analysis. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2025 Nov; 50(11):103172.

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Koirala B, Azar A, Fountain B, McGuirl M, Stock S, Galdzicka M, Ellison RT. Pre-COVID-19 epidemiology of community respiratory viruses at a single US center reveals sex differences in influenza A and a higher ICU incidence of human metapneumovirus in the elderly population. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 18; 25(1):924.

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Mandavia AD, Fonda JR, Banducci AN, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Loeffel LB, Roth CE, Simpson TL, Stein MD, Marx BP, Hyde J, Davenport M, Meng F, Livingston NA. Sex and race-ethnicity influences on opioid overdose deaths among veterans diagnosed with opioid use disorder between 2016 and 2021. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Sep 01; 274:112764.

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Clements MB, Pekala KR, Tin AL, Sjoberg DD, Beech B, Atkinson T, Herr H, Donat SM, Vickers AJ, Dalbagni G, Bochner BH. Prospective health-related quality of life in women undergoing radical cystectomy and urinary diversion. BJU Int. 2025 Oct; 136(4):728-737.

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Tamir TY, Chaudhary S, Li AX, Trojan SE, Flower CT, Vo P, Cui Y, Davis JC, Mukkamala R, Venditti FN, Hillis AL, Toker A, Vander Heiden MG, Spinelli JB, Kennedy NJ, Davis RJ, White FM. Structural and systems characterization of phosphorylation on metabolic enzymes identifies sex-specific metabolic reprogramming in obesity. Mol Cell. 2025 Jun 05; 85(11):2211-2229.e8.

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Gaffey AE, Haskell SG, Burg MM, Yaggi HK, Mattocks KM, Bastian LA, Skanderson M, DeRycke EC, Hermes EDA, Brandt CA. Clinical Management of Sleep Disturbances in Post-9/11 Men and Women Veterans: A 20-year Prospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Aug; 40(11):2573-2582.

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Ellis RA, Webber TK, Noble NC, Linnstaedt SD, Hinrichs R, Wiltshire C, Reda MH, Davie W, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Germine LT, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Punches BE, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Joormann J, Kessler RC, Ressler KJ, Koenen KC, McLean SA, Stevens JS, Jovanovic T, Seligowski AV. Longitudinal Associations Between Peritraumatic Oestradiol and Fear Responding in Women and Men. Stress Health. 2025 Apr; 41(2):e3522.

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Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Simpson TL, Marx BP, Hawn SE, Hyde J, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Roth CE, Sarpong AA, Davenport M, Meng F, Stein MD, Livingston NA. Sex Differences in Suicide, Lethal Means, and Years of Potential Life Lost Among Veterans With Substance Use Disorder. Womens Health Issues. 2025 May-Jun; 35(3):196-204.

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Evans E, Jacobs M, Fuller D, Hegland K, Ellis C. Allostatic Load and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Jun; 68(6):1072-1079.

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Galbiati F, Plessow F, Plummer L, Campbell MB, Nazarloo S, Carter CS, Carroll RS, Kim HK, Pereira SA, Paulis D, Davis JM, Miller KK, Kaiser UB, Seminara SB, Aulinas A, Lawson EA. Sex-dependent increases in oxytocin levels in response to intravenous kisspeptin in humans. Eur J Endocrinol. 2025 Mar 03; 192(3):K24-K29.

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