Table 1.
Gender Inequality Index ranks for studies investigating sex/gender's effect on outcomes of interest that considered age and TBI severity.
| Index rank | Studied outcome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality |
Structure/
physiology abnormality |
Treatment and care | Medical | Sleep-related | Psychiatric disorders | Disability | Work-related | Social participation | Life satisfaction | Cognitive functioning | Global functional outcome | OVERALL | |
| 1–9 | 1ND | 1ND | 4ND | 1ND | 3ND | 10 ND | |||||||
| 10–19 | 4ND | 1M+1F+ | 2M+ 1ND | 1M+1F+1ND | 2ND | 1ND | 1ND | 1ND | 1M+2ND | 5M+ 2F+ 13ND | |||
| 20–29 | 1M+ 1ND | 1M+1ND | 1M+ | 1F+ 2ND | 1M+ | 4M+ 1F+ 4ND | |||||||
| 30–39 | 1M+ | 1F+ | 1M+ 1F+ | ||||||||||
| 40–49 | 1M+ 3F+ 3ND | 1M+2F+2ND | 1M+ 1F+ 1ND | 2M+2ND | 1M+1ND | 1M+ 1ND | 1M+1F+ | 2M+ 1ND | 1M+2ND | 4M+ 2F+ 1ND | 2M+ 3ND | 17M+ 9F+ 17ND | |
| Total studies | 13 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 84 |
Note. “+” indicates a more favorable outcome. M, male; F, female; ND, no difference; TBI, traumatic brain injury.