"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 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 1997 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1998 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1999 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2000 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2001 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2002 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2003 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2004 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2005 | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| 2006 | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| 2007 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2008 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2009 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2010 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| 2011 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2012 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2013 | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| 2014 | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| 2015 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2016 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2017 | 3 | 47 | 50 |
| 2018 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2019 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2020 | 2 | 47 | 49 |
| 2021 | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2025 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2026 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Behind the wall of industry payments: An individual factor analysis of gender disparities in consulting fees and royalties to U.S. cardiothoracic surgeons. Am J Surg. 2026 Nov; 261:117185.
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Gonadal steroids as predictors of sex differences in tuberculosis outcomes. JCI Insight. 2026 08 10; 11(15).
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Sex-based differences in early neurological recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Jun 01; 100(6):942-948.
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Female-specific risk factors for lung cancer: insights from the All of Us Research Program. BMC Public Health. 2026 Apr 10; 26(1).
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Systematic Review of Participant Sex, Race, and Ethnicity Reporting in Interstitial Lung Disease Clinical Trials. Chest. 2026 Aug; 170(2):457-466.
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Sex-Related Differences in Outcomes of Endovascular Treatment of Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion Strokes. Clin Neuroradiol. 2026 Jun; 36(2):757-770.
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Differential disease tolerance mediates sex-biased illness severity in sepsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Mar 03; 123(9):e2522764123.
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Who would you save? Children and mothers' life-or-death decisions. Cognition. 2026 Jun; 271:106468.
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Sex-specific associations between loneliness and hair cortisol among older African American adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2026 Apr; 186:107755.
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Biological Sex and Chronic Rhinosinusitis Diagnosis and Biomarkers. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 01 01; 152(1):18-26.