A systematic review of measures of gender and biological sex: Exploring candidates for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) research

Resource type: Publication Publication
  • Authors
    Stites S.D.; Cao H.; James R.; Harkins K.; Coykendall C.; Flatt J.D.
  • Type
    Original research
  • Journal
    Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring
  • Publication Date
    2023
  • Abstract
    Gender and biological sex are social and structural determinants of health and umbrella concepts encompassing many distinct attributes. This systematic review summarizes measures of gender and biological sex published in the biomedical literature. The goal was to identify measures that may be useful to researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias (AD/ADRD).