Table 1. Description of the material as well as the content (more than one content coded per paper) of the papers in the two journals.
| Gender Medicinen (% of total) | Journal of Men's Health and Gender, n (% of total) | |
| Total articles assessed | 36 | 68 |
| Research articles, 2004 | 7 (19%) | 16 (24%) |
| Research articles, 2007 | 7 (19%) | 13 (19%) |
| Editorials/commentaries | 22 (61%) | 39 (57%) |
| Content of research articles | ||
| Clinical differences between men and women | 11 (31%) | 7 (9%) |
| Treatment of specific disorders | 8 (22%) | 2 (3%) |
| Prognosis, risk factors | 2 (6%) | 3 (4%) |
| Attitudes, behaviour. | 1 (3%) | 1 (1%) |
| Utilization of health services | 0 | 1 (1%) |
| Diagnosis/treatment of men | 0 | 12 (18%) |
| Experimental studies on male-female differences | 1 (3%) | 1 (1%) |
| Epidemiological studies on male-female differences in health or health behaviours | 2 (6%) | 4 (6%) |
| Men's health (other topics)* | 0 | 5 (7%) |
| Content of editorials/commentaries | ||
| Support for gender-specific medicine | 16 (44%) | 8 (12%) |
| Critique of men's health movement | 3 (8%) | 0 |
| Male disadvantages in treatment or research | 0 | 19 (28%) |
| Drug treatments for women | 3 (8%) | 0 |
| Drug treatments for men | 0 | 9 (13%) |
| Policy issues | 0 | 3 (4%) |
| Others | 4 (11%) | 18 (26%)** |
*
masculine identity, domestic violence.
**
e.g research method, writing style for the journal, tobacco control, medical education, ethics.