. 2017 Sep 8;6:186. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0578-4

Table 1.

Search strategies in Medline and Embase electronic databases for sex and gender in transplantation

Ovid Medline	Ovid Embase
1. Sex Factors 2. Sex Characteristics 3. ((sex or gender) adj3 (characteristic* or factor* or imbalance* or issue* or specific)).tw,kf. 4. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc).ti,kf. 5. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc).ab. /freq = 2 6. or/1-5 7. exp cell transplantation 8. ((cell or hematopoietic) adj3 transplant).tw,kf. 9. 7 or 8 10. 6 and 9 11. exp. organ transplantation 12. ((cardiac or heart or hepatic or kidney or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (graft* or transplant)).tw,kf. 13. 11 or 12 14. 6 and 13 15. Living Donors 16. Tissue Donors 17. ((cell or cardiac or heart or hematopoietic or hepatic or kidney* or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (donor* or donation*)).tw,kf. 18. or/15-17 19. 6 and 18 20. 10 or 14 or 19	1. Sex difference 2. ((sex or gender) adj3 (characteristic* or factor* or imbalance* or issue* or specific)).tw,kw. 3. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc).ti,kw. 4. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc).ab. /freq = 2 5. or/1-4 6. exp cell transplantation 7. ((cell or hematopoietic) adj3 transplant).tw,kw. 8. 6 or 7 9. 5 and 8 10. exp. organ transplantation 11. ((cardiac or heart or hepatic or kidney or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (graft* or transplant)).tw,kw. 12. 10 or 11 ( 13. 5 and 12 14. living donor 15. kidney donor 16. organ donor 17. unrelated donors 18. ((cell or cardiac or heart or hematopoietic or hepatic or kidney* or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (donor* or donation*)).tw,kw. 19. or/14-18 20. 5 and 19 21. 9 or 13 or 20

Ovid Medline

Ovid Embase

1. Sex Factors
2. Sex Characteristics
3. ((sex or gender) adj3 (characteristic* or factor* or imbalance* or issue* or specific*)).tw,kf.
4. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc*).ti,kf.
5. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc*).ab. /freq = 2
6. or/1-5
7. exp cell transplantation
8. ((cell* or hematopoietic) adj3 transplant*).tw,kf.
9. 7 or 8
10. 6 and 9
11. exp. organ transplantation
12. ((cardiac or heart or hepatic or kidney* or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (graft* or transplant*)).tw,kf.
13. 11 or 12
14. 6 and 13
15. Living Donors
16. Tissue Donors
17. ((cell* or cardiac or heart or hematopoietic or hepatic or kidney* or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (donor* or donation*)).tw,kf.
18. or/15-17
19. 6 and 18
20. 10 or 14 or 19

1. Sex difference
2. ((sex or gender) adj3 (characteristic* or factor* or imbalance* or issue* or specific*)).tw,kw.
3. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc*).ti,kw.
4. ((sex or gender) adj3 differenc*).ab. /freq = 2
5. or/1-4
6. exp cell transplantation
7. ((cell* or hematopoietic) adj3 transplant*).tw,kw.
8. 6 or 7
9. 5 and 8
10. exp. organ transplantation
11. ((cardiac or heart or hepatic or kidney* or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (graft* or transplant*)).tw,kw.
12. 10 or 11 (
13. 5 and 12
14. living donor
15. kidney donor
16. organ donor
17. unrelated donors
18. ((cell* or cardiac or heart or hematopoietic or hepatic or kidney* or liver or lung or organ or pancrea* or pulmon* or renal) adj3 (donor* or donation*)).tw,kw.
19. or/14-18
20. 5 and 19
21. 9 or 13 or 20