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Table 2 Reporting of sex/gender by review section

From: Sex/gender reporting and analysis in Campbell and Cochrane systematic reviews: a cross-sectional methods study

 

Abstract*

N

% (95% CI)

Background*

N

% (95% CI)

Methods*

N

% (95% CI)

Results*

N

% (95% CI)

Discussion*

N

% (95% CI)

Campbell reviews

(N = 133)

18

13.5% (8–19)

26

19.5% (13–26)

68 50.8% (42–59)

30 22.6% (15–30)

18 13.5% (8–19)

Cochrane reviews

(N = 555)

55 9.9% (7–12)

153 27.6% (24–31)

461 83.1% (80–86)

161 29.0% (25–33)

81 14.6% (12–18)

Total

73 10.6% (8–13)

179 26.0% (23–29)

529

76.8% (74–80)

191 27.7% (24–31)

99 14.4% (12–17)

  1. *When sex/gender terms were used only to describe characteristics (e.g., sex/gender listed as a data extraction item, number of males/females/men/women included in the studies), we did not count these in the above but have included them in Figs. 2 and 3 as “descriptive” mentions of sex/gender