Sex and gender reporting in high impact haematology journals

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The US National Institutes of Health 1 National Institutes of HealthSex & gender. https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-genderDate accessed: March 17, 2022 Google Scholar and American Medical Association 2 American Medical AssociationAssociation of American Medical CollegesAdvancing health equity: a guide to language, narrative and concepts. https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-aamc-equity-guide.pdfDate accessed: March 17, 2022 Google Scholar have emphasised the importance of appropriately reporting sex and gender in medical research, as mounting evidence shows that sex and gender affect health independently. 1 National Institutes of HealthSex & gender. https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-genderDate accessed: March 17, 2022 Google Scholar Sex is defined as a label assigned at birth on the basis of biological characteristics (eg, reproductive anatomy and chromosomes), whereas gender encompasses a person's psychological, emotional, social, and overall sense of identity. 1 National Institutes of HealthSex & gender. https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-genderDate accessed: March 17, 2022 Google Scholar , 2 American Medical AssociationAssociation of American Medical CollegesAdvancing health equity: a guide to language, narrative and concepts. https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-aamc-equity-guide.pdfDate accessed: March 17, 2022 Google Scholar