"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.675 N06.850.490.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Factors- Sex Factors
- Factor, Sex
- Factors, Sex
- Sex Factor
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2001 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2002 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2003 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2005 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2006 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2007 | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 2008 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2009 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2010 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2011 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 2012 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2013 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 2014 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2015 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2016 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2017 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 2018 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2019 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2020 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2021 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Sex Differences in Hypertension Diagnosis Among Young Adults in a US Integrated Health Care System. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 08 04; 15(15):e042879.
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Sex Differences in Young Adult Stroke Severity Using Linked Colorado-All Payer's Claims Database and the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Mar 03; 15(5):e043159.
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Differences in benefits of office based opioid treatment: Secondary analyses across sub-groups in the PROUD randomized controlled implementation trial. Addiction. 2026 Mar; 121(3):629-642.
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Characteristics of teeth and patients receiving root canal treatment in National Dental PBRN practices: Comparison between Endodontist and general dentist practices. J Dent. 2025 Jun; 157:105723.
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Variations in documentation of alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnoses across race, ethnicity, and sex in a health system that assesses AUD symptoms as part of routine primary care. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 May; 172:209654.
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Sex-Specific Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Treatment in Females With T2DM and CVD: Developments and Knowledge Gaps. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Nov 18; 109(12):e2167-e2177.
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Daytime sleepiness and BMI exhibit gender and age differences in patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence. J Sleep Res. 2025 06; 34(3):e14365.
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Gender differences in the association between education and late-life cognitive function in the LifeAfter90 Study: A multiethnic cohort of the oldest-old. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Nov; 20(11):7547-7555.
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Rule-based natural language processing to examine variation in worsening heart failure hospitalizations by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and left ventricular ejection fraction. Am Heart J. 2024 Dec; 278:117-126.
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Life course financial mobility and later-life memory function and decline by gender, and race and ethnicity: an intersectional analysis of the US KHANDLE and STAR cohort studies. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2024 Sep; 5(9):100613.