Gender-specific treatment effects and outcomes reported in orthodontic research. A cross-sectional empirical study
Géraldine Kummer,
Theodore Eliades,
Despina Koletsi
Abstract:Aim
To identify practices of assessment of gender effects in research articles in orthodontics and detect whether there were significant differences in the treatment effects on outcomes according to gender.
Materials and Methods
Four major orthodontic journals were sought over a 3-year period to identify publications which included assessment of gender effects on outcomes in their reporting. Data were extracted on the followi… Show more
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