Table 3.

Sex/Gender: Health equity plausibility ratings for each question, across 10 systematic reviews

	Sex: Proportion judging important differences exist across sex
Systematic review	Question 1: Patient differences	Question 2: Delivery of intervention	Question 3: Comparator	Description in systematic review
INTER-RATER AGREEMENT on Q1 ≥70%
Mass media for HIV testing	96%	70%	57%	Sex differences not analyzed or discussed
Antidepressants for depression in primary care	92%	67%	50%	Sex not discussed or analyzed
Vaccines for MMR in children	8%	17%	25%	Sex not discussed or analyzed.
Primary safety belt laws	83%	67%	33%	Men have higher uptake of seatbelts
Psychological therapy for PTSD	83%	83%	52%	Studies including only females, all of whom had been assaulted, produced more positive results than the overall results.
INTER-RATER AGREEMENT on Q1 <70%
Population tobacco control	70%	48%	48%	No differences found across sex
First line antihypertensives	65%	48%	43%	Females represented 45% of population. No subgroup analyses conducted on sex
Surgery for age-related cataract	67%	67%	67%	Sex not discussed
Hand washing for diarrhoea	67%	50%	50%	Analyses were age and sex adjusted, differences not discussed
ACT for malaria	33%	33%	25%	Sex not discussed
Fleiss Kappa	0.199	0.068	0.005

Notes: PTSD: Post-traumatic stress disorder; SES: socioeconomic status; MMR: Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.