Huang Carrie, Gianakos Arianna L, Merklein Meghan, Pinninti Angelica, Owens Brett D, Mulcahey Mary K
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2020 Dec 27;3(1):e171-e175. doi: 10.1016/j.asmr.2020.09.007. eCollection 2021 Feb.
To evaluate the presence of sex-specific analysis (SSA) in abstracts accepted for podium presentation at the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) annual meetings from 2016 to 2019.
Abstracts accepted for podium presentation at the AANA and AOSSM annual meetings from 2016 to 2019 were selected for review. Studies that included sex as a variable in a multifactorial statistical model were considered to have performed adequate SSA. Secondary data collected included whether the abstract had a female lead or senior author, the degrees of the female authors, and the anatomic focuses of studies with SSA.
Of the 891 total abstracts accepted for podium presentation at the AANA and AOSSM annual meetings from 2016 to 2019, 90 (10%) included SSA. There were 284 AANA abstracts, 24 (8%) of which reported SSA. Of the 607 AOSSM abstracts, 66 (11%) reported SSA. There were 43 female first authors (15%) and 33 female senior authors (12%) of the AANA abstracts compared with 92 female first authors (15%) and 39 female senior authors (6%) of the AOSSM abstracts. Of the 891 total abstracts, 135 (15%) listed a female lead author and 72 (8%) had a female senior author. Of the 135 female first authors, 92 (68%) had an M.D., whereas 40 of the 72 female senior authors (56%) had an M.D. Analysis of all abstracts combined showed a positive correlation between SSA and a female first author (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.035, = .147), as well as between SSA and a female senior author (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.052, = .059).
From 2016 to 2019, only 10% of abstracts accepted for podium presentation at the AANA and AOSSM annual meetings included SSA. Altogether, women represented 15% of first authors and 8% of senior authors.
This study highlights the low percentage of SSA in abstracts presented at the AANA and AOSSM annual meetings from 2016 to 2019. Future studies should attempt to perform SSA when relevant to better evaluate differences in outcomes between male and female patients.
评估在2016年至2019年北美关节镜协会（AANA）和美国运动医学骨科协会（AOSSM）年会上被接受进行大会发言的摘要中性别特异性分析（SSA）的存在情况。
选取2016年至2019年在AANA和AOSSM年会上被接受进行大会发言的摘要进行审查。将在多因素统计模型中把性别作为变量的研究视为进行了充分的SSA。收集的二级数据包括摘要是否有女性第一作者或资深作者、女性作者的学位以及进行SSA研究的解剖学重点。
在2016年至2019年AANA和AOSSM年会上被接受进行大会发言的891篇摘要中，90篇（10%）包括SSA。有284篇AANA摘要，其中24篇（8%）报告了SSA。在607篇AOSSM摘要中，66篇（11%）报告了SSA。AANA摘要中有43位女性第一作者（15%）和33位女性资深作者（12%），而AOSSM摘要中有92位女性第一作者（15%）和39位女性资深作者（6%）。在891篇摘要中，135篇（15%）列出了女性第一作者，72篇（8%）有女性资深作者。在135位女性第一作者中，92位（68%）拥有医学博士学位，而在72位女性资深作者中，40位（56%）拥有医学博士学位。对所有摘要进行综合分析显示，SSA与女性第一作者之间存在正相关（Pearson相关系数 = 0.035，P = 0.147），以及SSA与女性资深作者之间存在正相关（Pearson相关系数 = 0.052，P = 0.059）。
从2016年到2019年,在AANA和AOSSM年会上被接受进行大会发言的摘要中只有10%包括SSA。总体而言，女性占第一作者的15%，占资深作者的8%。
本研究突出了2016年至2019年在AANA和AOSSM年会上发表的摘要中SSA的比例较低。未来的研究在相关时应尝试进行SSA，以更好地评估男性和女性患者在治疗结果上的差异。
